Sphenodesme

Sphenodesme is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1820. The genus is native to southern China, the Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China and Malesia.[1][3]

Sphenodesme
Fallen Sphenodesme flowers in Cat Tien National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Symphorematoideae
Genus: Sphenodesme
Jack, 1820
Synonyms[1]
  • Sphenodesma sensu. Dop[2]
  • Brachynema F.Muell., rejected name
  • Decadontia Griff.
  • Roscoea Roxb. 1832 not Sm. 1806
  • Viticastrum C.Presl

Species

The following are listed in the Kew World Checklist:[1]

  1. Sphenodesme amethystina Dop - Vietnam
  2. Sphenodesme eryciboides Kurz - Myanmar, Thailand
  3. Sphenodesme ferruginea (Griff.) Briq. - Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar, Thailand
  4. Sphenodesme floribunda Chun & F.C.How - Guangdong, Hainan
  5. Sphenodesme griffithiana Wight - Vietnam, Myanmar
  6. Sphenodesme involucrata (C.Presl) B.L.Rob - India, Assam, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaya, Borneo, Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan
  7. Sphenodesme mekongensis Dop - Laos, Thailand
  8. Sphenodesme mollis Craib - Yunnan, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
  9. Sphenodesme pentandra Jack - Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Assam, Nicobar Islands, Indochina, Malaya, Borneo, Guangdong, Hainan, Yunnan
  10. Sphenodesme pierrei Dop - Vietnam
  11. Sphenodesme racemosa (C.Presl) Moldenke - Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra
  12. Sphenodesme sarawakensis Moldenke - Borneo
  13. Sphenodesme stellata Merr. - Sabah
  14. Sphenodesme thorelii Dop - Vietnam
  15. Sphenodesme triflora Wight - Thailand, Malaya, Borneo, Sumatra

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Biodiversity Heritage Library:Bulletin de la Société botanique de France.
  3. Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 48 楔翅藤属 xie chi teng shu Sphenodesme Jack, Malayan Misc. 1: 19. 1820.
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