Cometes (plant)
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Plantae Asiaticae rariores, or, Descriptions and figures of a select number of unpublished East Indian plants (Tab. 17) BHL449479.jpg
|image_caption = Cometes surattensis
|taxon = Cometes (plant)
|authority = L.
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision =
- Cometes abyssinica {{small|R.Br. ex Wall.}}
- Cometes surattensis {{small|Burm.f.}}
|subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:19922-1 Cometes L.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
|synonyms = Ceratonychia {{small|Edgew. (1847)}}
}}
Cometes is a genus of flowering plants in the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae. It includes two species native to eastern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Pakistan, and India.
- Cometes abyssinica {{small|R.Br. ex Wall.}} – Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, Sudan, and the Horn of Africa
- Cometes surattensis {{small|Burm.f.}} – Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Pakistan, and India