Ledebouria floribunda is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family. It is a bulbous geophyte native to South Africa, Eswatini, and Lesotho.[1]
| Ledebouria floribunda | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Scilloideae |
| Genus: | Ledebouria |
| Species: | L. floribunda
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| Binomial name | |
| Ledebouria floribunda (Baker) Jessop
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| Synonyms | |
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Drimia pendula Burch. ex Baker | |
Uses
editA number of homoisoflavanones can be isolated from the bulbs of L. floribunda.[2]
Etymology
editLedebouria is named for Carl Friedrich von Ledebour (1785–1851),[3] a botanist who published, among other things, the first complete Russian flora. [4]
References
edit- ^ "Ledebouria floribunda (Baker) Jessop". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
- ^ Homoisoflavanones from Ledebouria floribunda. María Isabel Calvo, Fitoterapia, March 2009, Volume 80, Issue 2, Pages 96–101, doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2008.10.006
- ^ Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). pp 232
- ^ "Flora Rossica". Biodiversity Library. Biodiversity Heritage Library. 1842. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- Journal of South African Botany. Kirstenbosch 36:251. 1970