Hemidesmus

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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| image = Hemidesmus indicus var. indicus.jpg

| image_caption = Hemidesmus indicus var. indicus

| taxon = Hemidesmus

| authority = R.Br. 1810

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Hemidesmus is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1810.Brown, Robert. 1810. On the Asclepiadeae 45. It is native to the Indian Subcontinent.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40023507 Tropicos]

;Species[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Hemidesmus The Plant List, genus Hemidesmus]

1. Hemidesmus cordatus (Poir.) Schult. - India
2. Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R. Br. ex Schult. - Pakistan, India, Bangladesh

;formerly included

1. Hemidesmus indicus var. pubescens Hook.f., syn of Finlaysonia wallichii (Wight) Venter
2. Hemidesmus pubescens Wight & Arn., syn of Finlaysonia wallichii (Wight) Venter
3. Hemidesmus wallichii Wight, syn of Finlaysonia wallichii (Wight) Venter