Leobordea

Leobordea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Crotalarieae[1]
Genus: Leobordea
Del., 1830[2]
Type species
Leobordea lotoidea
Del., 1830[2]
Species[2][3]

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Leobordea is a genus of legumes in the family Fabaceae and the tribe Crotalarieae. Members of this genus are found in the eastern parts of South Africa as well as tropical Africa and the Mediterranean countries. It was recently segregated from the genus Lotononis.[2]

Species

Section Digitata

Section Leobordea

Section Leptis

Section Lipozygis

Subsection Bracteolata

Subsection Lipozygis

Section Synclistus

References

  1. Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk B-E, Wojciechowski MF, Lavin M. (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". S Afr J Bot 89: 58–75. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Boatwright JS, Wink M, van Wyk B-E. (2011). "The generic concept of Lotononis (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae): Reinstatement of the genera Euchlora, Leobordea and Listia and the new genus Ezoloba". Taxon 60 (1): 161–77.
  3. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Leobordea". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 11 March 2014.