Ledebouria
Ledebouria | |
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Silver squill, Ledebouria socialis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Scilloideae |
Subtribe: | Massoniinae |
Genus: | Ledebouria |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Ledebouria is a genus of African bulbous perennial herbs in the Asparagus family, Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae.[2] Most members were previously part of the genus Scilla. A number of species are grown by cacti and succulent enthusiasts for their patterned leaves.[3]
Most of the species are native to Madagascar and Africa (except North Africa),[4] but a few are from India, Sri Lanka or the Arabian Peninsula.[1]
The genus name of Ledebouria is in honour of Carl Friedrich von Ledebour (1786–1851), a German-Estonian botanist.[5] It was first described and published in Nov. Pl. Sp. on page 194 in 1821.[4]
Species[]
- (Baker) Jessop
- (van der Merwe) S.Venter
- S.Venter
- Hankey & Hahn
- (Baker) Speta
- (Baker) Jessop
- S.Venter
- (Hook. f.) Jessop
- (Baker) Stedje & Thulin
- S.Venter
- S.Venter & van Jaarsv.
- S.Venter
- S.Venter
- (Engl.) Stedje
- (Eckl.) S.Venter & T.J.Edwards
- Ledebouria floribunda (Baker) Jessop
- (Baker) S.Venter & T.J.Edwards
- S.Venter
- Ledebouria grandifolia (Balf.f.) A.G.Mill. & D.Alexander
- M.V.Ramana, Prasanna & Venu
- (Schönland) Jessop
- (C. A. Sm.) Jessop
- Ledebouria insularis A.G.Mill.
- Punekar & Lakshmin
- (Baker) Stedje & Thulin
- (N.E.Br.) S.Venter
- (Baker) S.Venter
- (Fenzl ex Kunth) Speta
- Jessop
- (Baker) S.Venter
- (Baker) Speta
- (Baker) Jessop
- (Baker) S.Venter
- A.J.Hankey and T.J.Edwards
- S.Venter
- (H.Perrier) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- (Schrad.) Jessop
- Ledebouria ovatifolia (Baker) Jessop
- S.Venter
- S.Venter
- S.Venter
- S.Venter
- S.Venter
- Ledebouria revoluta (L. f.) Jessop
- (van der Merwe) S.Venter
- (Baker) S.Venter & T.J.Edwards
- Jessop
- Ledebouria socialis (Baker) Jessop
- (Baker) Stedje & Thulin
- (A.Chev.) Burg in A.Akoègninou & al.
- (Jacq.) Jessop
- Stedje
- van Jaarsv. & A.E.van Wyk
- Jessop
- (Baker) Speta
- (Baker) S.Venter
References[]
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Ledebouria minima
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Scilloideae
- ^ Venter, S. (2008). Synopsis of the genus Ledebouria Roth (Hyacinthaceae) in South Africa. Herbertia 62: 85–155.
- ^ a b "Ledebouria Roth | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- Manning, J. C. et al. 2004. A revised generic synopsis of Hyacinthaceae in sub-Saharan Africa, based on molecular evidence, including new combinations and the new tribe Pseudoprospereae. Edinburgh J. Bot. 60:533–568.
- Stedje, B. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships and generic delimitation of sub-Saharan Scilla (Hyacinthaceae) and allied African genera as inferred from morphological and DNA sequence data. Pl. Syst. Evol. 211:1–11.
- Venter, S. & V. J. Edwards. 1998. A revision of Ledebouria (Hyacinthaceae) in South Africa. 1. Two new species. Bothalia 28:15–17.
- Venter, S. & V. J. Edwards. 1998. A revision of Ledebouria (Hyacinthaceae) in South Africa. 2. Two new species, L. crispa and L. parvifolia, and L. macowanii re-instated. Bothalia 28:179–182.
- A.J. Hankeya and T.J. Edwards. Ledebouria mokobulanensis A.J.Hankey and T.J.Edwards (Hyacinthaceae) a new species from the high altitude grasslands of Mpumalanga. South African Journal of Botany, Volume 74, Issue 2, April 2008, Pages 214–217.
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Categories:
- Ledebouria
- Scilloideae
- Asparagaceae genera
- Plants described in 1821
- Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa
- Flora of Northeast Tropical Africa
- Flora of East Tropical Africa
- Flora of South Tropical Africa
- Flora of Southern Africa
- Flora of Madagascar
- Flora of India
- Flora of Sri Lanka