Mitrasacme

Mitrasacme is a genus of plants in the family Loganiaceae. The genus includes 55 species^[1] mostly in Australia, though also extending to various parts of Asia and the Pacific Islands.^[2] Two species also occur in China.

Mitrasacme
Mitrasacme polymorpha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Loganiaceae
Genus:	Mitrasacme Labill.
Synonyms[1]
Mitragyne R.Br. (1810)

The name comes from the Greek, alluding to “the highest point of the mitre”. As the fruit capsule has an alleged resemblance to a mitre.

Species

55 species are accepted:^[1]

• Mitrasacme aggregata Dunlop
• Mitrasacme albomarginata Leenh.
• Mitrasacme alsinoides R.Br.
• Mitrasacme ambigua R.Br.
• Mitrasacme bogoriensis Leenh.
• Mitrasacme brachystemonea Domin
• Mitrasacme clarksonii Dunlop
• Mitrasacme connata R.Br.
• Mitrasacme elata R.Br.
• Mitrasacme epigaea Dunlop
• Mitrasacme erophila Leenh.
• Mitrasacme exserta F.Muell.
• Mitrasacmefloribunda Dunlop
• Mitrasacme foliosa C.A.Gardner
• Mitrasacme galbina Dunlop
• Mitrasacme geniculosa Dunlop
• Mitrasacme gentianea F.Muell.
• Mitrasacme glaucescens Dunlop
• Mitrasacme graminea Dunlop
• Mitrasacme hispida W.Fitzg.
• Mitrasacme katjarranka N.Gibson & S.J.van Leeuwen
• Mitrasacme kenneallyi Dunlop
• Mitrasacme laevis Benth.
• Mitrasacme laricifolia R.Br.
• Mitrasacme latiflora S.Moore
• Mitrasacme laxiceps Dunlop
• Mitrasacme lutea F.Muell.
• Mitrasacme maritima Dunlop
• Mitrasacme micrantha Domin
• Mitrasacme multicaulis R.Br.
• Mitrasacme neglecta Leenh.
• Mitrasacme neldneri Dunlop
• Mitrasacme nidulifera Dunlop
• Mitrasacme nudicaulis Reinw. ex Blume
• Mitrasacme nummularia S.Moore
• Mitrasacme oasena Dunlop
• Mitrasacme paludosa R.Br.
• Mitrasacme patens Dunlop
• Mitrasacme phascoides R.Br.
• Mitrasacme pilosa Labill.
• Mitrasacme polymorpha R.Br.
• Mitrasacme prolifera R.Br.
• Mitrasacme pygmaea R.Br.
• Mitrasacme retroloba Dunlop
• Mitrasacme saxatilis Backer ex Cammerl.
• Mitrasacme scopata Dunlop
• Mitrasacme scrithicola Dunlop
• Mitrasacme secedens Dunlop
• Mitrasacme serpyllifolia R.Br.
• Mitrasacme setosa Hance
• Mitrasacme squamigera Dunlop
• Mitrasacme stellata R.Br.
• Mitrasacme subvolubilis F.Muell.
• Mitrasacme thedae M.D.Barrett & R.L.Barrett
• Mitrasacme troglodytica Dunlop