title: Microglossa
text: # Microglossa
  
  Microglossa is a genus of Asian and African flowering plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae.
  
  ## 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
  
  