Biology:Ledebouria floribunda

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Short description: Species of plant

Ledebouria floribunda
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Scilloideae
Genus: Ledebouria
Species:
L. floribunda
Binomial name
Ledebouria floribunda
(Baker) Jessop
Synonyms

Drimia pendula Burch. ex Baker
Scilla floribunda Baker
Scilla lauta N.E.Br.
Scilla pendula Baker
Scilla polyantha Baker
Scilla princeps Baker
Scilla subsecunda Baker

Ledebouria floribunda is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family.[1] It is found in Africa.

Uses

The homoisoflavanones 7-O-α-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→6)-β-glucopiranosyl-5-hydroxy-3-(4-methoxybenzyl)-chroman-4-one, 7-O-α-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→6)-β-glucopiranosyl-5-hydroxy-3-(4′-hydroxybenzyl)-chroman-4-one, 5,7-dihydroxy-3-(4′-methoxybenzyl)-chroman-4-one (3,9-dihidroeucomin), 5,7-dihydroxy-6-methoxy-3-(4′-methoxybenzyl)-chroman-4-one, 5,7-dihydroxy 3-(4′-hydroxybenzyl)-chroman-4-one (4,4′-demethyl-3,9-dihydropuctatin), 5,7-dihydroxy-3-(4′-hydroxybenzyl)-6-methoxy-chroman-4-one (3,9-dihydroeucomnalin) and 7-hydroxy-3-(4′-hydroxybenzyl)-5-methoxy-chroman-4-one can be isolated from the bulbs of L. floribunda.[2]

Etymology

Ledebouria is named for Carl Friedrich von Ledebour (1785–1851),[3] a botanist who published, among other things, the first complete Russia n flora. [4]

References

  1. "Ledebouria floribunda (Baker) Jessop". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:537312-1. 
  2. Homoisoflavanones from Ledebouria floribunda. María Isabel Calvo, Fitoterapia, March 2009, Volume 80, Issue 2, Pages 96–101, doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2008.10.006
  3. Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN:9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN:9780521685535 (paperback). pp 232
  4. "Flora Rossica". Biodiversity Heritage Library. 1842. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/6606#/summary. 
  • Journal of South African Botany. Kirstenbosch 36:251. 1970

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15520259 entry