Leptonychia

Leptonychia

Leptonychia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Leptonychia Turcz.
Synonyms
Binnendijkia Kurz (1865) Leptonychiopsis Ridl. (1920) Paragrewia Gagnep. ex R.S.Rao (1953)

Leptonychia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.

Its native range is Tropical Africa (Sierra Leone to Kenya, Malawi, and Angola), Indo-China (Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam), western and central Malesia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and Philippines), and New Guinea.

Species

38 species are currently accepted:

• Leptonychia adolfi-friederici Engl. & K.Krause
• Leptonychia bampsii Germ.
• Leptonychia banahaensis (Elmer) Merr.
• Leptonychia batangensis (C.H.Wright) Burret
• Leptonychia brieyi Germ.
• Leptonychia caudata (Wall. ex G.Don) Burret
• Leptonychia chrysocarpa K.Schum.
• Leptonychia densivenia Engl. & K.Krause
• Leptonychia devillei Germ.
• Leptonychia dewildei Germ.
• Leptonychia echinocarpa K.Schum.
• Leptonychia kamerunensis Engl. & K.Krause
• Leptonychia lanceolata Mast.
• Leptonychia lasiogyne K.Schum.
• Leptonychia ledermannii Engl.
• Leptonychia lokundjensis Engl. & K.Krause
• Leptonychia longicuspidata Engl. & K.Krause
• Leptonychia macrantha K.Schum.
• Leptonychia mayumbensis Germ.
• Leptonychia melanocarpa Germ.
• Leptonychia mildbraedii Engl.
• Leptonychia molundensis Engl. & K.Krause
• Leptonychia moyesiae Cheek
• Leptonychia multiflora K.Schum.
• Leptonychia occidentalis Keay
• Leptonychia pallida K.Schum.
• Leptonychia pallidiflora Engl. & K.Krause
• Leptonychia parviflora (Ridl.) Veldkamp & Flipphi
• Leptonychia pubescens Keay
• Leptonychia semlikensis Engl.
• Leptonychia subtomentosa K.Schum.
• Leptonychia tenuipes Engl. & K.Krause
• Leptonychia tessmannii Engl.
• Leptonychia tokana Germ.
• Leptonychia urophylla Welw. ex Mast.
• Leptonychia usambarensis K.Schum.
• Leptonychia wagemansii Germ.
• Leptonychia youngii Exell & Mendonça