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 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