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Nesogordonia
''Nesogordonia'' is a genus of flowering plants. It ranges across tropical Africa, Madagascar, and the Comoro Islands. The majority of species are endemic to Madagascar."''Nesogordonia'' Baill.". ''Plants of the World Online'', Kew Science. Accessed 22 August 202 Traditionally included in the family (biology), family Sterculiaceae, it is included in the expanded Malvaceae in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, APG and most subsequent systematics. In that clade, it belongs to the subfamily Dombeyoideae. ''Nesogordonia'' is among the oldest living genera of its subfamily, if not ''the'' most ancestral one.Cao ''et al.'' (2006) There are 22 accepted species: * ''Nesogordonia abrahamii'' L.C.Barnett Madagascar * ''Nesogordonia ambalabeensis'' Arènes Madagascar * ''Nesogordonia bernieri'' Baill. Madagascar * ''Nesogordonia chrysocarpa'' Rakotoar. & Callm. Madagascar * ''Nesogordonia crassipes'' (Baill.) Capuron ex Arènes Madagascar * ''Nesogordonia fertilis'' H.Perrier Madagascar * ''Ne ...
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