Leptonychia Explained
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