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Lepisanthes
Lepisanthes is a genus of 31 species of plants in the lychee family Sapindaceae, native to tropical Africa, south and southeast Asia, Australia, and Madagascar. It includes species formerly classified in the genera Aphania, Erioglossum, and Otophora.
As of May 2026, Plants of the World Online accepted these species:
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Lepisanthes rubiginosa
speciesLepisanthes rubiginosa
Lepisanthes alata
speciesLepisanthes alata
Lepisanthes tetraphylla
speciesLepisanthes tetraphylla
Lepisanthes fruticosa
speciesLepisanthes fruticosa
Lepisanthes amoena
speciesLepisanthes amoena
Lepisanthes senegalensis
speciesLepisanthes senegalensis
Lepisanthes erecta
speciesLepisanthes erecta
Lepisanthes perrieri
speciesLepisanthes perrieri
Lepisanthes simplicifolia
speciesLepisanthes simplicifolia
Lepisanthes ramiflora
speciesLepisanthes ramiflora
Lepisanthes chrysotricha
speciesLepisanthes chrysotricha
Lepisanthes unilocularis
speciesLepisanthes unilocularis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Lepisanthes in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 343843.