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''Microdesmis'' is a
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of
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of the
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Pandaceae The family (biology), family Pandaceae consists of three genera that were formerly recognized in the Euphorbiaceae. Those are: *''Galearia'' (from tribe Galearieae, subfamily Acalyphoideae, family Euphorbiaceae) *''Microdesmis'' (from tribe Galea ...
. It is native to
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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Flora of China, Vol. 11 Page 162, 小盘木属 xiao pan mu shu, ''Microdesmis'' J. D. Hooker, Icon. Pl. 8: t. 758. 1848.
/ref> #'' Microdesmis afrodecandra'' Floret, A.M.Louis & J.M.Reitsma - Gabon #'' Microdesmis camerunensis'' J.Léonard - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville #'' Microdesmis caseariifolia'' Planch. ex Hook -Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Borneo, Sumatra, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam #'' Microdesmis haumaniana'' J.Léonard - Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Angola #'' Microdesmis kasaiensis'' J.Léonard - Zaïre #'' Microdesmis keayana'' J.Léonard - Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Togo, Nigeria #'' Microdesmis klainei'' J.Léonard - Gabon #'' Microdesmis magallanensis'' (Elmer) Steenis - Luzon, Sibuyan #'' Microdesmis pierlotiana'' J.Léonard - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaïre, Central African Republic #'' Microdesmis puberula'' Hook.f. ex Planch - widespread across central Africa from Nigeria east to Uganda, south to Angola #'' Microdesmis yafungana'' J.Léonard - Zaïre


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