Mesanthemum

Mesanthemum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Eriocaulaceae, first described in 1856. It is native to tropical Africa and Madagascar.

Species

 * 1) Mesanthemum africanum Moldenke - Mozambique, Zimbabwe
 * 2) Mesanthemum albidum Lecomte - Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone
 * 3) Mesanthemum angustitepalum Kimp - Zaïre
 * 4) Mesanthemum auratum Lecomte - Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau
 * 5) Mesanthemum bennae Jacq.-Fél - Guinea
 * 6) Mesanthemum cupricola Kimp - Zaïre
 * 7) Mesanthemum glabrum Kimp - Zaïre, Angola, Zambia
 * 8) Mesanthemum jaegeri Jacq.-Fél - Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville
 * 9) Mesanthemum pilosum Kimp - Zaïre, Angola, Zambia, Malawi
 * 10) Mesanthemum prescottianum (Bong.) Körn. - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gabon
 * 11) Mesanthemum pubescens (Lam.) Körn. - Madagascar
 * 12) Mesanthemum radicans (Benth.) Körn. - widespread from Liberia east to Tanzania, south to Mozambique
 * 13) Mesanthemum reductum H.E.Hess - Congo-Brazzaville, Angola
 * 14) Mesanthemum rutenbergianum Körn. - Madagascar
 * 15) Mesanthemum variabile Kimp - Zaïre, Zambia