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| Taxon | 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)
- Leptadenia elliptica Blume synonym of Genianthus ellipticus (Blume) Bakh. f.
- Leptadenia visciformis Vatke synonym of Periploca visciformis (Vatke) K. Schum.
References
- ^ Brown, Robert. 1810. On the Asclepiadeae 23.
- ^ Tropicos, genus Leptadenia
- ^ Bruyns, P. V. & P. I. Forster. 1991. Recircumscription of the Stapelieae (Asclepiadaceae). Taxon 40(3): 381–391
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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.
- ^ Choux, P. 1931. Asclepiadaceae. Cat. Pl. Madag., Asclep. 1(9): 5–24. Catalogue des Plantes de Madagascar, Asclepiadeae.
- ^ "Leptadenia R.Br.". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
- ^ The Plant List, genus Leptadenia