Mesanthemum


Mesanthemum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Eriocaulaceae, first described in 1856. It is native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.

Species

  • 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 Körn. - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gabon
  • Mesanthemum pubescens Körn. - Madagascar
  • Mesanthemum radicans 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