Denscantia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is native to the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil.Nuñez-Florentin, Mariela, Valeria V. González, Javier E. Florentín, Roberto M. Salas, Steven Dessein, Steven B. Janssens, and Domingos Cardoso. 2024. “Multiple Sources of Evidence Unravel a Complex Taxonomic History: The New Genus Leonoria of the Spermacoce Clade (Spermacoceae-Rubiaceae).” Systematics and Biodiversity 22 (1). doi:10.1080/14772000.2024.2330367.
Species Denscantia andrei E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo - southeastern Bahia Denscantia cymosa (Spreng.) E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo - eastern Brazil Denscantia macrobracteata E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo - eastern Bahia Denscantia monodon (K.Schum.) E.L.Cabral & Bacigalupo - eastern Bahia
Formerly placed here Leonoria calcicola (as Denscantia calcicola )
References
External links Denscantia in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae