Biology:Leptadenia

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Leptadenia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810.[1][2] It is native to Africa, including Madagascar, as well as southwest Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, and Indochina.[3][4][5][6]

Species

Nine species are accepted.[7]

  • Leptadenia albida (Schinz) Bruyns – southwestern Angola, Namibia, and northwestern Cape Provinces
  • Leptadenia arborea (Forssk.) Schweinf. – Sahara, Sahel, and Arabian Peninsula
  • Leptadenia gossweileri (C.Norman) Bruyns – southern Angola
  • Leptadenia jasminiflora (Decne.) Bruyns – southern Democratic Republic of the Congo to South Africa
  • Leptadenia lanceolata (Poir.) Goyder – North Africa and western and eastern tropical Africa
  • Leptadenia madagascariensis Decne. – Madagascar
  • Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Decne. – widespread from Algeria to India
  • Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight & Arn. – Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, and Cambodia
  • Leptadenia viminea (Wight) Bruyns – western and central Himalayas and India
formerly included[8]

transferred to other genera (Genianthus, Periploca)

  1. Leptadenia elliptica Blume synonym of Genianthus ellipticus (Blume) Bakh. f.
  2. Leptadenia visciformis Vatke synonym of Periploca visciformis (Vatke) K. Schum.

References

  1. ↑ Brown, Robert. 1810. On the Asclepiadeae 23.
  2. ↑ Tropicos, genus Leptadenia
  3. ↑ Bruyns, P. V. & P. I. Forster. 1991. Recircumscription of the Stapelieae (Asclepiadaceae). Taxon 40(3): 381–391
  4. ↑ Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
  5. ↑ Flora of Pakistan, Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Decne. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. 2. 9:269. 1839. Boiss., Fl. Or. 4:63.1879; Bullock in Hutch., Dalziel & Hepper, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. ed. 2.2:98. 1963; Rech. f., Fl. Iran. 73: 16.1970.
  6. ↑ Choux, P. 1931. Asclepiadaceae. Cat. Pl. Madag., Asclep. 1(9): 5–24. Catalogue des Plantes de Madagascar, Asclepiadeae.
  7. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named powo
  8. ↑ The Plant List, genus Leptadenia

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