Microdesmis

Microdesmis
Microdesmis keayana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Pandaceae
Genus:	Microdesmis Hook.f. ex Hook. [1]
Synonyms [1]
TetragyneMiq. WorcesterianthusMerr.

Microdesmis is a genus of plants of the family Pandaceae. It is native to tropical Africa, China and Southeast Asia. ^{[1] [2]}

• Microdesmis afrodecandra Floret, A.M.Louis & J.M.Reitsma - Gabon
• Microdesmis camerunensis J.Léonard - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville
• Microdesmis caseariifolia Planch. ex Hook -Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Borneo, Sumatra, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
• Microdesmis haumaniana J.Léonard - Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Angola
• Microdesmis kasaiensis J.Léonard - Zaïre
• Microdesmis keayana J.Léonard - Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Togo, Nigeria
• Microdesmis klainei J.Léonard - Gabon
• Microdesmis magallanensis (Elmer) Steenis - Luzon, Sibuyan
• Microdesmis pierlotiana J.Léonard - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Central African Republic
• Microdesmis puberula Hook.f. ex Planch - widespread across central Africa from Nigeria east to Uganda, south to Angola
• Microdesmis yafungana J.Léonard - Zaïre

References

1. "Microdesmis Planch". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
2. "Microdesmis J. D. Hooker, Icon. Pl. 8: t. 758. 1848". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 22 December 2025.