Mesanthemum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Eriocaulaceae, first described in 1856. It is native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.[1][2]
| Mesanthemum | |
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| M. africanum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Eriocaulaceae |
| Genus: | Mesanthemum Körn. |
Species
edit- Mesanthemum africanum Moldenke - Mozambique, Zimbabwe
- Mesanthemum albidum Lecomte - Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone
- Mesanthemum angustitepalum Kimp - Zaïre
- Mesanthemum auratum Lecomte - Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau
- Mesanthemum bennae Jacq.-Fél - Guinea
- Mesanthemum cupricola Kimp - Zaïre
- Mesanthemum glabrum Kimp - Zaïre, Angola, Zambia
- Mesanthemum jaegeri Jacq.-Fél - Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville
- Mesanthemum pilosum Kimp - Zaïre, Angola, Zambia, Malawi
- Mesanthemum prescottianum (Bong.) Körn. - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gabon
- Mesanthemum pubescens (Lam.) Körn. - Madagascar
- Mesanthemum radicans (Benth.) Körn. - widespread from Liberia east to Tanzania, south to Mozambique
- Mesanthemum reductum H.E.Hess - Congo-Brazzaville, Angola
- Mesanthemum rutenbergianum Körn. - Madagascar
- Mesanthemum variabile Kimp - Zaïre, Zambia
References
edit- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.