{{Short description|Species of herb}} {{Speciesbox |image = |genus = Secamonopsis |species = microphylla |authority = Civeyrel & Klack. }}
'''''Secamonopsis microphylla''''' is a plant species endemic to southern Madagascar.<ref name="asdw4btu39ag"/> It is a trailing or erect herb up to 1.5 m tall. Leaves are narrowly oblong, up to 10 mm long. Flowers in groups of 1–3, yellow, tubular, up to 1.2 mm long.
The only other species in the genus is ''Secamonopsis madagascariensis'', also indigenous to Madagascar. It is taller, often twining, with larger leaves than ''S. microphylla.''<ref name="asdw4btu39ag">[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/661870#page/143/mode/1up Civeyrel, L. & J. Klackenberg. 1996. A second species of the Malagasy genus ''Secamonopsis'' (Asclepiadaceae). Novon 6(2): 144–146]</ref><ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26844132#page/597/mode/1up Civeyrel, L. & N. Rowe. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships of Secamonoideae based on the plastid gene matK, morphology, and biomechanics. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 88: 583–602]</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/ImageFullView.aspx?imageid=69563 photo of isotype of ''Secamonopsis microphylla''from Herbier du Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza, Antananarivo, Madagascar]</ref><ref>Klackenberg, J. 1992. Taxonomy of ''Secamone'' (Asclepiadaceae) s.lat. in the Madagascar region. Opera Botanica 112:5-127.</ref>
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Category:Secamonoideae Category:Endemic flora of Madagascar