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 <small>L.C.Barnett</small> Madagascar
• Nesogordonia ambalabeensis <small>Arènes</small> Madagascar
• Nesogordonia bernieri <small>Baill.</small> Madagascar
• Nesogordonia chrysocarpa <small>Rakotoar. & Callm.</small> Madagascar
• Nesogordonia crassipes <small>(Baill.) Capuron ex Arènes</small> Madagascar
• Nesogordonia fertilis <small>H.Perrier</small> Madagascar
• Nesogordonia holtzii <small>(Engl.) Capuron ex L.C.Barnett & Dorr</small> southeastern Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique
• Nesogordonia humbertii <small>Capuron</small> Madagascar
• Nesogordonia kabingaensis <small>(K.Schum.) Capuron ex R.Germ.</small> Sierra Leone, Benin and Nigeria, Gabon to Uganda.
• Nesogordonia macrophylla <small>Arénes</small> Madagascar
• Nesogordonia micrantha <small>Arènes</small> Madagascar
• Nesogordonia monantha <small>Arènes</small> Madagascar
• Nesogordonia normandii <small>Capuron</small> Madagascar
• Nesogordonia pachyneura <small>Capuron ex L.C.Barnett</small> Madagascar
• Nesogordonia papaverifera <small>(A.Chev.) Capuron ex N.Hallé</small> Sierra Leone to Central African Republic and Republic of the Congo
• Nesogordonia perpulchra <small>N.Hallé</small> Gabon
• Nesogordonia perrieri <small>Arènes</small> Madagascar
• Nesogordonia rakotovaoi <small>Rakotoar., Andriamb. & Callm.</small> Madagascar
• Nesogordonia stylosa <small>H.Perrier</small> Madagascar
• Nesogordonia suzannae <small>Labat, Munzinger & O.Pascal</small> Mayotte
• Nesogordonia thouarsii <small>(Baill.) Capuron ex Arènes</small> Madagascar
• Nesogordonia tricarpellata <small>Skema & Dorr</small> Madagascar

Footnotes

References

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• (2007): Synonymy of Malvaceae. Retrieved 2008-JUN-25.