Leptonema

Leptonema is also an animal genus in subfamily Macronematinae and a bacterial genus in family Leptospiraceae.

Leptonema is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae first described in 1824.^[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to Madagascar.^[3][4] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.^[5]

Species^[3]

1. Leptonema glabrum (Leandri) Leandri
2. Leptonema venosum (Poir.) A.Juss.

formerly included^[3]

Leptonema
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily:	Antidesmatoideae
Tribe:	Antidesmateae
Subtribe:	Leptonematinae
Genus:	Leptonema A.Juss. 1824 not Hook. 1844 (Brassicaceae)

moved to Flueggea

• Leptonema melanthesoides F.Muell. - Flueggea virosa subsp. melanthesoides (F.Muell.) G.L.Webster