Leptactina
Leptactina delagoensis subsp. delagoensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Pavetteae
Genus: Leptactina
Hook.f. (1871)[1]
Species[2]

27; see text

Synonyms[2]
  • Coleactina N.Hallé (1970)
  • Dictyandra Welw. ex Hook.f. (1873)

Leptactina is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are about 27 species.[2] They are all native to sub-Saharan Africa, where most occur in rainforest habitat.[3]

27 species are accepted:[2]

  • Leptactina angolensis (Hutch.) Bullock ex I.Nogueira
  • Leptactina arborescens (Welw. ex Benth. & Hook.f.) De Block
  • Leptactina benguelensis (Welw. ex Benth. & Hook.f.) R.D.Good
  • Leptactina congolana (Robbr.) De Block
  • Leptactina deblockiae Neuba & Sonké
  • Leptactina delagoensis K.Schum.
  • Leptactina densiflora Hook.f.
  • Leptactina epinyctios Bullock ex Verdc.
  • Leptactina euclinioides K.Schum.
  • Leptactina formosa K.Schum.
  • Leptactina gloeocalyx K.Schum.
  • Leptactina involucrata Hook.f.
  • Leptactina latifolia K.Schum.
  • Leptactina laurentiana Dewèvre
  • Leptactina liebrechtsiana De Wild. & T.Durand
  • Leptactina mannii Hook.f.
  • Leptactina oxyloba K.Schum.
  • Leptactina papalis (N.Hallé) De Block
  • Leptactina papyrophloea Verdc.
  • Leptactina platyphylla (Hiern) Wernham
  • Leptactina polyneura K.Krause
  • Leptactina pretrophylax K.Schum.
  • Leptactina prostrata K.Schum.
  • Leptactina pynaertii De Wild.
  • Leptactina rheophytica Sonké & Neuba
  • Leptactina senegambica Hook.f.[4]
  • Leptactina tessmannii K.Krause

References

  1. ↑ "Genus: Leptactina Hook. f." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Leptactina Hook.f. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Robbrecht, E., & De Block, P. (1999). The geofrutescent Leptactina Species (Rubiaceae, Pavetteae) of the'Flore d'Afrique Centrale'Area. Systematics and Geography of Plants, 125-133.
  4. ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Leptactina". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
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