| Multidentia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| clade: | Angiosperms |
| clade: | Eudicots |
| clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
| Tribe: | Vanguerieae |
| Genus: | Multidentia Gilli |
| Type species | |
| Multidentia concrescens (Bullock) Bridson & Verdc. |
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Multidentia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.
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Multidentia is restricted to tropical Africa with the greatest concentration of species occurring in eastern Africa.[1]
It was originally described by Alexander von Gilli in 1973 to accommodate a single specimen of a suffruticose pyrophyte with ternate leaves.[1][2] The type species was Multidentia verticillata - named after its verticillate leaves - but has been made synonym with Multidentia concrescens.