title: Multidentia
text: # Multidentia
  
  Multidentia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  Multidentia is restricted to tropical Africa with the greatest concentration of species occurring in eastern Africa.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  It was originally described by Alexander von Gilli in 1973 to accommodate a single specimen of a suffruticose pyrophyte with ternate leaves. The type species was Multidentia verticillata - named after its verticillate leaves - but has been made synonym with Multidentia concrescens.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Multidentia castaneae (Robyns) Bridson & Verdc.
  * Multidentia concrescens, (Bullock) Bridson & Verdc.
  * Multidentia crassa (Hiern) Bridson & Verdc.
  * Multidentia dichrophylla (Mildbr.) Bridson
  * Multidentia exserta Bridson
  * Multidentia fanshawei (Tennant) Bridson
  * Multidentia kingupirensis Bridson
  * Multidentia pobeguinii (Hutch. & Dalziel) Bridson
  * Multidentia saxicola O.Lachenaud & Séné
  * Multidentia sclerocarpa (K.Schum.) Bridson
  