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 <small>Moldenke</small> - Mozambique, Zimbabwe
- Mesanthemum albidum <small>Lecomte</small> - Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone
- Mesanthemum angustitepalum <small>Kimp</small> - Zaïre
- Mesanthemum auratum <small>Lecomte</small> - Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau
- Mesanthemum bennae <small>Jacq.-Fél</small> - Guinea
- Mesanthemum cupricola <small>Kimp</small> - Zaïre
- Mesanthemum glabrum <small>Kimp</small> - Zaïre, Angola, Zambia
- Mesanthemum jaegeri <small>Jacq.-Fél</small> - Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville
- Mesanthemum pilosum <small>Kimp</small> - Zaïre, Angola, Zambia, Malawi
- Mesanthemum prescottianum <small>(Bong.) Körn.</small> - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gabon
- Mesanthemum pubescens <small>(Lam.) Körn.</small> - Madagascar
- Mesanthemum radicans <small>(Benth.) Körn.</small> - widespread from Liberia east to Tanzania, south to Mozambique
- Mesanthemum reductum <small>H.E.Hess</small> - Congo-Brazzaville, Angola
- Mesanthemum rutenbergianum <small>Körn.</small> - Madagascar
- Mesanthemum variabile <small>Kimp</small> - Zaïre, Zambia
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