Leptonychia

Leptonychia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Leptonychia
Turcz.
Synonyms
  • Binnendijkia Kurz (1865)
  • Leptonychiopsis Ridl. (1920)
  • Paragrewia Gagnep. ex R.S.Rao (1953)

Leptonychia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.

Its native range is Tropical Africa (Sierra Leone to Kenya, Malawi, and Angola), Indo-China (Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam), western and central Malesia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and Philippines), and New Guinea.