Diaphananthe species some not yet are in location:
| Diaphananthe gabonensis (Summerh.) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward | S. Cameroon to Gabon |
| Diaphananthe ichneumonea (Lindl.) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward | W. Trop. Africa to Gabon |
| Diaphananthe lanceolata (Summerh.) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward | Ivory Coast to WC. Trop. Africa |
| Diaphananthe lecomtei (Finet) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward | W. & WC. Trop. Africa |
| Diaphananthe lecomtei var. tenuicalcar (Stévart & Droissart) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward | Ivory Coast to Gabon |
| Diaphananthe letouzeyi (Szlach. & Olszewski) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward | W. Trop. Africa to W. Cameroon |
| Diaphananthe odoratissima (Rchb.f.) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward | Trop. Africa |
| Diaphananthe sarcophylla (Schltr. ex Prain) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward | C. & E. Trop. Africa |
| Diaphananthe spiralis (Stévart & Droissart) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward | S. Nigeria to SW. Cameroon |
| Diaphananthe thomensis (Rolfe) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward | São Tomé |
| Diaphananthe vagans (Lindl.) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward | Príncipe |
| Diaphananthe vesicata (Lindl.) P.J.Cribb & Carlsward | W. Trop. Africa to Tanzania |
World Checklist of Monocotyledons. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.kew.org/wcsp/monocots/ accessed 01/04/2020
