Leptonychia

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
• Leptonychia bampsii
• Leptonychia banahaensis
• Leptonychia batangensis
• Leptonychia brieyi
• Leptonychia caudata
• Leptonychia chrysocarpa
• Leptonychia densivenia
• Leptonychia devillei
• Leptonychia dewildei
• Leptonychia echinocarpa
• Leptonychia kamerunensis
• Leptonychia lanceolata
• Leptonychia lasiogyne
• Leptonychia ledermannii
• Leptonychia lokundjensis
• Leptonychia longicuspidata
• Leptonychia macrantha
• Leptonychia mayumbensis
• Leptonychia melanocarpa
• Leptonychia mildbraedii
• Leptonychia molundensis
• Leptonychia moyesiae
• Leptonychia multiflora
• Leptonychia occidentalis
• Leptonychia pallida
• Leptonychia pallidiflora
• Leptonychia parviflora
• Leptonychia pubescens
• Leptonychia semlikensis
• Leptonychia subtomentosa
• Leptonychia tenuipes
• Leptonychia tessmannii
• Leptonychia tokana
• Leptonychia urophylla
• Leptonychia usambarensis
• Leptonychia wagemansii
• Leptonychia youngii

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