Sphenodesme

Sphenodesme
	Fallen Sphenodesme flowers in Cat Tien National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Subfamily:	Symphorematoideae
Genus:	Sphenodesme; Jack, 1820
Synonyms
	Sphenodesma sensu. Dop; Brachynema F.Muell., rejected name; Decadontia Griff.; Roscoea Roxb. 1832 not Sm. 1806; Viticastrum C.Presl;

Sphenodesme is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1820. The genus is native to southern China, the Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China and Malesia.^[1]^[3]

Species

The following are listed in the Kew World Checklist:^[1]

Sphenodesme amethystina Dop - Vietnam
Sphenodesme eryciboides Kurz - Myanmar, Thailand
Sphenodesme ferruginea (Griff.) Briq. - Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand
Sphenodesme floribunda Chun & F.C.How - Guangdong, Hainan
Sphenodesme griffithiana Wight - Vietnam, Myanmar
Sphenodesme involucrata (C.Presl) B.L.Rob - India, Assam, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaya, Borneo, Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan
Sphenodesme mekongensis Dop - Laos, Thailand
Sphenodesme mollis Craib - Yunnan, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
Sphenodesme pentandra Jack - Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Assam, Nicobar Islands, Indochina, Malaya, Borneo, Guangdong, Hainan, Yunnan
Sphenodesme pierrei Dop - Vietnam
Sphenodesme racemosa (C.Presl) Moldenke - Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra
Sphenodesme sarawakensis Moldenke - Borneo
Sphenodesme stellata Merr. - Sabah
Sphenodesme thorelii Dop - Vietnam
Sphenodesme triflora Wight - Thailand, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra