''Desmidorchis'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s belonging to the family

Apocynaceae Apocynaceae (from ''Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison Members of ...

. Its native range is Sahara and Sahel to Eastern

Tropical Africa Although tropical Africa is mostly familiar to the West for its rainforests, this biogeographic realm of Africa is far more diverse. While the tropics are thought of as regions with hot moist climates, which are caused by latitude and the trop ...

, Arabian Peninsula. Species: *''Desmidorchis adenensis'' *''Desmidorchis arabica'' *''Desmidorchis aucheriana'' *''Desmidorchis awdeliana'' *''Desmidorchis edithiae'' *''Desmidorchis flava'' *''Desmidorchis foetida'' *''Desmidorchis impostor'' *''Desmidorchis lavrani'' *''Desmidorchis penicillata'' *''Desmidorchis retrospiciens'' *''Desmidorchis somalica'' *''Desmidorchis speciosa'' *''Desmidorchis tardellii''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1200793 Apocynaceae Apocynaceae genera Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg