Dictyospermum

Dictyospermum
Dictyospermum ovalifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Commelinales
Family:	Commelinaceae
Subfamily:	Commelinoideae
Tribe:	Commelineae
Genus:	Dictyospermum Wight.
Type species
Dictyospermum montanum Wight.

Dictyospermum is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Commelinaceae, first described in 1853. It is native to Tropical Asia.[1] They have only three fertile stamens, middle one inserted opposite petal.

Species

• Dictyospermum conspicuum (Blume) Hassk. - from Southern China to Southeast Asia
• Dictyospermum humile Faden - New Guinea
• Dictyospermum montanum Benth. - India + Sri Lanka
• Dictyospermum ovalifolium Benth. - India
• Dictyospermum ovatum Benth. - from India to Southeast Asia

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

• Data related to Dictyospermum at Wikispecies