Trichodesma

Trichodesma is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. There are 38 species^[1] distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Australia.^[2][3][1]

Trichodesma
Trichodesma indicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Boraginales
Family:	Boraginaceae
Subfamily:	Boraginoideae
Genus:	Trichodesma R.Br. (1810), nom. cons.
Type species
Trichodesma zeylanicum (Burm.f.) R.Br.
Species[1]
38; see text
Synonyms[1]
Boraginella Kuntze (1891) Boraginodes Post & Kuntze (1903) Borraginoides Boehm. (1760), nom. rej. Friedrichsthalia Fenzl (1839) Lacaitaea Brand (1914) Leiocarya Hochst. (1844) Octosomatium Gagnep. (1950) Pollichia Medik. (1784), nom. superfl. Spiroconus Steven (1851) Streblanthera Steud. (1844)

Species

38 species are accepted.^[1]

• Trichodesma aellenii Riedl
• Trichodesma afghanicum Sadat
• Trichodesma africanum (L.) Sm.
• Trichodesma angustifolium Harv.
• Trichodesma arenicola Gürke
• Trichodesma aucheri DC.
• Trichodesma bamianicum Rech.f. & Riedl
• Trichodesma baumii Gürke
• Trichodesma bequaertii De Wild.
• Trichodesma boissieri Post
• Trichodesma calcaratum Coss. ex Batt.
• Trichodesma calycosum Collett & Hemsl.
• Trichodesma cinereum Mosti & Selvi
• Trichodesma decurrens S.P.Banerjee
• Trichodesma ehrenbergii Schweinf.
• Trichodesma elymaiticum Mozaff.
• Trichodesma griffithii (Brand) Planch. ex Riedl
• Trichodesma hildebrandtii Gürke
• Trichodesma inaequale Edgew.
• Trichodesma incanum (Bunge) A.DC.
• Trichodesma indicum (L.) Sm.
• Trichodesma khasianum C.B.Clarke
• Trichodesma kumarianum S.D.Yumkham, N.P.Devi, S.D.Khomdram & M.R.Devi
• Trichodesma laxiflorum Balf.f.
• Trichodesma lithospermoides Roem. & Schult.
• Trichodesma macrocarpum Rech.f., Aellen & Esfand.
• Trichodesma marsabiticum Brummitt
• Trichodesma microcalyx Balf.f.
• Trichodesma mudgalii An.Kumar & K.K.Khanna
• Trichodesma paktiense Sadat
• Trichodesma physaloides (Fenzl) DC.
• Trichodesma podlechii Sadat
• Trichodesma scottii Balf.f.
• Trichodesma stocksii Boiss.
• Trichodesma zeylanicum (Burm.f.) R.Br.