Dictyospermum

Dictyospermum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
Subfamily: Commelinoideae
Tribe: Commelineae
Genus: Dictyospermum
Benth.
Type species
Polyspatha paniculata
Benth.

Dictyospermum is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the dayflower family, first described in 1849. It is native to Africa.[1]

Species
  1. Polyspatha hirsuta Mildbr. - western + central Africa from Sierra Leone to Uganda
  2. Polyspatha oligospatha Faden - from Ivory Coast to Sudan + Uganda
  3. Polyspatha paniculata Benth. - from Liberia to Zaire + Tanzania

References

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