Leptadenia

Leptadenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae
Genus: Leptadenia
R.Br.

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

Species[7]
  1. Leptadenia arborea (Forssk.) Schweinf. - Sudan, Ethiopia
  2. Leptadenia lancifolia (Schumach. & Thonn.) Decne. - tropical Africa
  3. Leptadenia madagascariensis Decne. - Madagascar
  4. Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Decne. - widespread from Algeria to India
  5. Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight & Arn. - Madagascar
formerly included[7]

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. 1 2 The Plant List, genus Leptadenia
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