Leptodesmia
Appearance
Leptodesmia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Faboideae |
Genus: | Leptodesmia (Benth.) Benth. & Hook. f. (1865) |
Species[1] | |
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Leptodesmia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae.[2] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes four species ranging from Madagascar and the Comoros to the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, China, Japan, Malesia, New Guinea, and Queensland.[1]
- Leptodesmia bojeriana (Baill.) Baker – Madagascar
- Leptodesmia congesta (Wight) Benth. – Comoros, Madagascar, and India
- Leptodesmia microphylla (Thunb.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi – Indian subcontinent to Indochina, China, Japan, Malesia, New Guinea, and Queensland
- Leptodesmia perrieri Schindl. – Comoros and Madagascar
References
[edit]- ^ a b Leptodesmia (Benth.) Benth. & Hook.f. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ Jabbour, Florian; Gaudeul, Myriam; Lambourdière, Josie; Ramstein, Guillaume; Hassanin, Alexandre; Labat, Jean-Noël; Sarthou, Corinne (2018-01-01). "Phylogeny, biogeography and character evolution in the tribe Desmodieae (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae), with special emphasis on the New Caledonian endemic genera" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 118: 108–121. Bibcode:2018MolPE.118..108J. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.09.017. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 28966123. S2CID 3669840.