Dictyospermum

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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| taxon = Dictyospermum

| authority = Wight.

| type_species = Dictyospermum montanum

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Dictyospermum is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Commelinaceae, first described in 1853. It is native to Tropical Asia.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=259419 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families] 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