12 species are accepted. •
Lipotriche abyssinica – tropical Africa and Yemen •
Lipotriche elliptica – west and west-central tropical Africa •
Lipotriche felicis – Guinea •
Lipotriche gambica – west Africa •
Lipotriche marlothiana – tropical Africa •
Lipotriche pungens – tropical Africa •
Lipotriche rhombifolia – west and west-central Africa •
Lipotriche richardsiae – central Africa •
Lipotriche robinsonii – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia •
Lipotriche scaberrima – Angola •
Lipotriche scandens – sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar •
Lipotriche tithonioides – Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire ==References==