Mesanthemum is a genus of plants in the Eriocaulaceae, first described in 1856. It is native to tropical Africa and Madagascar. 1. \n* Mesanthemum africanum Moldenke - Mozambique, Zimbabwe 2. \n* Mesanthemum albidum Lecomte - Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone 3. \n* Mesanthemum angustitepalum Kimp - Zaïre 4. \n* Mesanthemum auratum Lecomte - Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau 5. \n* Mesanthemum bennae Jacq.-Fél - Guinea 6. \n* Mesanthemum cupricola Kimp - Zaïre 7. \n* Mesanthemum glabrum Kimp - Zaïre, Angola, Zambia 8. \n* Mesanthemum jaegeri Jacq.-Fél - Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville 9. \n* Mesanthemum pilosum Kimp - Zaïre, Angola, Zambia, Malawi 10. \n* Mesanthemum prescottianum (Bong.) Körn. - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gabon 11.