Leptonema
Leptonema is also an animal genus in subfamily Macronematinae and a bacteria genus in family Leptospiraceae.
| Leptonema | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Phyllanthaceae |
| Tribe: | Antidesmeae |
| Subtribe: | Antidesminae |
| Genus: | Leptonema A.Juss. 1824 not Hook. 1844 (Brassicaceae) |
Leptonema is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae first described in 1824.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to Madagascar.[3][4]
- Species[3]
- Leptonema glabrum (Leandri) Leandri
- Leptonema venosum (Poir.) A.Juss.
- formerly included[3]
moved to Flueggea
- Leptonema melanthesoides F.Muell. - Flueggea virosa subsp. melanthesoides (F.Muell.) G.L.Webster
References
- ↑ Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. 1824. De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 19
- ↑ Tropicos, Leptonema A. Juss.
- 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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