Leptactina

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]

Leptactina
Leptactina delagoensis subsp. delagoensis
Scientific 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)

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. 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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