Ledermanniella

<i>Ledermanniella</i>

Ledermanniella

Genus of flowering plants

Ledermanniella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Podostemaceae. It includes 28 species[1] all native to tropical Africa.[2]

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The genus name of Ledermanniella is in honour of Carl Ludwig Ledermann (1875-1958), who was a Swiss botanist and horticultural expert.[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. vol.43 (Issue 4) on page 378 in 1909.

Species

28 species are accepted.[1]

  • Ledermanniella aloides (Engl.) C.Cusset
  • Ledermanniella batangensis (Engl.) C.Cusset
  • Ledermanniella bifurcata (Engl.) C.Cusset
  • Ledermanniella boloensis C.Cusset
  • Ledermanniella bowlingii (J.B.Hall) C.Cusset
  • Ledermanniella guineensis C.Cusset
  • Ledermanniella jaegeri C.Cusset
  • Ledermanniella keayi (G.Taylor) C.Cusset
  • Ledermanniella letestui (Pellegr.) C.Cusset
  • Ledermanniella letouzeyi C.Cusset
  • Ledermanniella linearifolia Engl.
  • Ledermanniella lunda Cheek
  • Ledermanniella maturiniana Beentje
  • Ledermanniella minutissima C.Cusset
  • Ledermanniella monandra C.Cusset
  • Ledermanniella musciformis (G.Taylor) C.Cusset
  • Ledermanniella onanae Cheek
  • Ledermanniella pollardiana Cheek & Ameka
  • Ledermanniella prasina J.J.Schenk & D.W.Thomas
  • Ledermanniella pusilla (Warm.) C.Cusset
  • Ledermanniella ramosissima Hauman ex C.Cusset
  • Ledermanniella raynaliorum C.Cusset
  • Ledermanniella sanagaensis C.Cusset
  • Ledermanniella schlechteri (Engl.) C.Cusset
  • Ledermanniella tenuifolia (G.Taylor) C.Cusset
  • Ledermanniella thalloidea (Engl.) C.Cusset
  • Ledermanniella variabilis (G.Taylor) C.Cusset
  • Ledermanniella yiben Cheek

References

  1. [1]
    Ledermanniella Engl. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  2. [2]
    Schenk, J. J., & Thomas, D. W. (2004). A new species of Ledermanniella (Podostemaceae) from Cameroon. Novon, 227-232.
  3. [3]
    Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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