Ledermanniella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Podostemaceae. It includes 28 species[1] all native to tropical Africa.[2]
| Ledermanniella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Podostemaceae |
| Genus: | Ledermanniella Engl. (1909) |
| Species[1] | |
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28; see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Monandriella Engl. (1926) | |
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
edit28 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
edit- ^ a b c d Ledermanniella Engl. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ Schenk, J. J., & Thomas, D. W. (2004). A new species of Ledermanniella (Podostemaceae) from Cameroon. Novon, 227-232.
- ^ 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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