Nesogordonia


Nesogordonia is a genus of flowering plants. It ranges across tropical Africa, Madagascar, and the Comoro Islands. The majority of species are endemic to Madagascar.
Traditionally included in the family Sterculiaceae, it is included in the expanded Malvaceae in the APG and most subsequent systematics. In that clade, it belongs to the subfamily Dombeyoideae. Nesogordonia is among the oldest living genera of its subfamily, if not the most ancestral one.
There are 22 accepted species:Nesogordonia abrahamii L.C.Barnett MadagascarNesogordonia ambalabeensis Arènes MadagascarNesogordonia bernieri Baill. MadagascarNesogordonia chrysocarpa Rakotoar. & Callm. MadagascarNesogordonia crassipes Capuron ex Arènes MadagascarNesogordonia fertilis H.Perrier MadagascarNesogordonia holtzii Capuron ex L.C.Barnett & Dorr southeastern Kenya, Tanzania, MozambiqueNesogordonia humbertii Capuron MadagascarNesogordonia kabingaensis Capuron ex R.Germ. Sierra Leone, Benin and Nigeria, Gabon to Uganda.Nesogordonia macrophylla Arénes MadagascarNesogordonia micrantha Arènes MadagascarNesogordonia monantha Arènes MadagascarNesogordonia normandii Capuron MadagascarNesogordonia pachyneura Capuron ex L.C.Barnett MadagascarNesogordonia papaverifera Capuron ex N.Hallé Sierra Leone to Central African Republic and Republic of the CongoNesogordonia perpulchra N.Hallé GabonNesogordonia perrieri Arènes MadagascarNesogordonia rakotovaoi Rakotoar., Andriamb. & Callm. MadagascarNesogordonia stylosa H.Perrier MadagascarNesogordonia suzannae Labat, Munzinger & O.Pascal MayotteNesogordonia thouarsii Capuron ex Arènes MadagascarNesogordonia tricarpellata Skema & Dorr Madagascar