title: Hemidesmus
text: # Hemidesmus
  
  Hemidesmus is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1810. It is native to the Indian Subcontinent.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Hemidesmus cordatus (Poir.) Schult. - India
  * Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R. Br. ex Schult. - Pakistan, India, Bangladesh
  
  ## formerly included
  
  * Hemidesmus indicus var. pubescens Hook.f., syn of Finlaysonia wallichii (Wight) Venter
  * Hemidesmus pubescens Wight & Arn., syn of Finlaysonia wallichii (Wight) Venter
  * Hemidesmus wallichii Wight, syn of Finlaysonia wallichii (Wight) Venter
  