''Nesogordonia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s. It ranges across tropical Africa,

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, and the

Comoro Islands The Comoro Islands or Comoros ( Shikomori ''Komori''; ar, جزر القمر , ''Juzur al-qamar''; french: Les Comores) form an archipelago of volcanic islands situated off the southeastern coast of Africa, to the east of Mozambique and northw ...

. The majority of species are endemic to Madagascar."''Nesogordonia'' Baill.". ''Plants of the World Online'', Kew Science. Accessed 22 August 202

/ref> Traditionally included in the family (biology), family

Sterculiaceae Sterculiaceae was a family of flowering plant based on the genus ''Sterculia''. Genera formerly included in Sterculiaceae are now placed in the family Malvaceae, in the subfamilies: Byttnerioideae, Dombeyoideae, Helicteroideae and Sterculioideae. A ...

, it is included in the expanded

Malvaceae Malvaceae, or the mallows, is a family of flowering plants estimated to contain 244 genera with 4225 known species. Well-known members of economic importance include okra, cotton, cacao and durian. There are also some genera containing familiar ...

in the APG and most subsequent systematics. In that

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, it belongs to the

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...

Dombeyoideae Dombeyoideae is a widely distributed subfamily of the Malvaceae, as proposed by the APG. Most of the plants placed here were once assembled with more or less related genera in the paraphyletic Sterculiaceae; a lesser number were placed in the Ti ...

. ''Nesogordonia'' is among the oldest living genera of its subfamily, if not ''the'' most ancestral one.Cao ''et al.'' (2006) There are 22 accepted species: * '' Nesogordonia abrahamii'' L.C.Barnett Madagascar * '' Nesogordonia ambalabeensis'' Arènes Madagascar * '' Nesogordonia bernieri'' Baill. Madagascar * '' Nesogordonia chrysocarpa'' Rakotoar. & Callm. Madagascar * '' Nesogordonia crassipes'' (Baill.) Capuron ex Arènes Madagascar * '' Nesogordonia fertilis'' H.Perrier Madagascar * '' Nesogordonia holtzii'' (Engl.) Capuron ex L.C.Barnett & Dorr southeastern Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique * '' Nesogordonia humbertii'' Capuron Madagascar * '' Nesogordonia kabingaensis'' (K.Schum.) Capuron ex R.Germ. Sierra Leone, Benin and Nigeria, Gabon to Uganda. * '' Nesogordonia macrophylla'' Arénes Madagascar * '' Nesogordonia micrantha'' Arènes Madagascar * ''

Nesogordonia monantha ''Nesogordonia'' is a genus of flowering plants. It ranges across tropical Africa, Madagascar, and the Comoro Islands. The majority of species are endemic to Madagascar."''Nesogordonia'' Baill.". ''Plants of the World Online'', Kew Science. Acces ...

'' Arènes Madagascar * '' Nesogordonia normandii'' Capuron Madagascar * '' Nesogordonia pachyneura'' Capuron ex L.C.Barnett Madagascar * '' Nesogordonia papaverifera'' (A.Chev.) Capuron ex N.Hallé Sierra Leone to Central African Republic and Republic of the Congo * '' Nesogordonia perpulchra'' N.Hallé Gabon * '' Nesogordonia perrieri'' Arènes Madagascar * '' Nesogordonia rakotovaoi'' Rakotoar., Andriamb. & Callm. Madagascar * '' Nesogordonia stylosa'' H.Perrier Madagascar * '' Nesogordonia suzannae'' Labat, Munzinger & O.Pascal Mayotte * ''

Nesogordonia thouarsii ''Nesogordonia'' is a genus of flowering plants. It ranges across tropical Africa, Madagascar, and the Comoro Islands. The majority of species are endemic to Madagascar."''Nesogordonia'' Baill.". ''Plants of the World Online'', Kew Science. Acces ...

'' (Baill.) Capuron ex Arènes Madagascar * '' Nesogordonia tricarpellata'' Skema & Dorr Madagascar

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References

* (2006): Does minimizing homoplasy really maximize homology? MaHo: A method for evaluating homology among most parsimonious trees. '' C. R. Palevol'' 7(1): 17–26. (HTML abstract) * (2007)
Synonymy of Malvaceae
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