Microglossa

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

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|image_caption = Microglossa pyrifolia

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|taxon = Microglossa

|authority = DC.

|type_species = Microglossa volubilis
(syn of M. pyrifolia)

|type_species_authority =DC.

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|synonyms = * Frivaldia Endl.

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Microglossa is a genus of Asian and African flowering plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/151755#page/325/mode/1up Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 320-321] in Latin[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40018938 Tropicos, Microglossa DC.][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200024310 Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 558 小舌菊 xiao she ju Microglossa pyrifolia (Lamarck) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 353. 1891. ]

; Species

• Microglossa afzelii O.Hoffm. - central Africa
• Microglossa caffrorum (Less.) Grau - South Africa
• Microglossa caudata O.Hoffm. & Muschl. - tropical Africa
• Microglossa densiflora Hook.f. - central Africa
• Microglossa longiradiata Wild - South Africa
• Microglossa mespilifolia (Less.) B.L.Rob. - South Africa
• Microglossa oehleri Muschl.
• Microglossa pyrifolia (Lam.) Kuntze - Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Southeast Asia
• Microglossa zeylanica (Arn.) Benth. & Hook.f. - Sri Lanka

; formerly included

several species once included in Microglossa, now considered better suited to other genera: Aster Conyza Psiadia