Ledebouria Explained

Ledebouria is a genus of African bulbous perennial herbs in the Asparagus family, Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. Most members were previously part of the genus Scilla. A number of species are grown by cacti and succulent enthusiasts for their patterned leaves.^[1]

Most of the species are native to Madagascar and Africa (except North Africa), but a few are from India, Sri Lanka or the Arabian Peninsula.^[2]

The genus name of Ledebouria is in honour of Carl Friedrich von Ledebour (1786–1851), a German-Estonian botanist.^[3] It was first described and published in Nov. Pl. Sp. on page 194 in 1821.^[4]

Species

1. Ledebouria apertiflora (Baker) Jessop
2. Ledebouria asperifolia (van der Merwe) S.Venter
3. Ledebouria atrobrunnea S.Venter
4. Ledebouria caesiomontana Hankey & Hahn
5. Ledebouria camerooniana (Baker) Speta
6. Ledebouria concolor (Baker) Jessop
7. Ledebouria confusa S.Venter
8. Ledebouria cooperi (Hook. f.) Jessop
9. Ledebouria cordifolia (Baker) Stedje & Thulin
10. Ledebouria coriacea S.Venter
11. Ledebouria cremnophila S.Venter & van Jaarsv.
12. Ledebouria crispa S.Venter
13. Ledebouria dolomiticola S.Venter
14. Ledebouria edulis (Engl.) Stedje
15. Ledebouria ensifolia (Eckl.) S.Venter & T.J.Edwards
16. Ledebouria floribunda (Baker) Jessop
17. Ledebouria galpinii (Baker) S.Venter & T.J.Edwards
18. Ledebouria glauca S.Venter
19. Ledebouria grandifolia (Balf.f.) A.G.Mill. & D.Alexander
20. Ledebouria hyderabadensis M.V.Ramana, Prasanna & Venu
21. Ledebouria hypoxidioides (Schönland) Jessop
22. Ledebouria inquinata (C. A. Sm.) Jessop
23. Ledebouria insularis A.G.Mill.
24. Ledebouria karnatakensis Punekar & Lakshmin
25. Ledebouria kirkii (Baker) Stedje & Thulin
26. Ledebouria lepida (N.E.Br.) S.Venter
27. Ledebouria leptophylla (Baker) S.Venter
28. Ledebouria lilacina (Fenzl ex Kunth) Speta
29. Ledebouria luteola Jessop
30. Ledebouria macowanii (Baker) S.Venter
31. Ledebouria maesta (Baker) Speta
32. Ledebouria marginata (Baker) Jessop
33. Ledebouria minima (Baker) S.Venter
34. Ledebouria mokobulanensis A.J.Hankey and T.J.Edwards
35. Ledebouria monophylla S.Venter
36. Ledebouria nossibeensis (H.Perrier) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
37. Ledebouria ovalifolia (Schrad.) Jessop
38. Ledebouria ovatifolia (Baker) Jessop
39. Ledebouria papillata S.Venter
40. Ledebouria pardalota S.Venter
41. Ledebouria parvifolia S.Venter
42. Ledebouria pustulata S.Venter
43. Ledebouria remifolia S.Venter
44. Ledebouria revoluta (L. f.) Jessop
45. Ledebouria rupestris (van der Merwe) S.Venter
46. Ledebouria sandersonii (Baker) S.Venter & T.J.Edwards
47. Ledebouria scabrida Jessop
48. Ledebouria socialis (Baker) Jessop
49. Ledebouria somaliensis (Baker) Stedje & Thulin
50. Ledebouria sudanica (A.Chev.) Burg in A.Akoègninou & al.
51. Ledebouria undulata (Jacq.) Jessop
52. Ledebouria urceolata Stedje
53. Ledebouria venteri van Jaarsv. & A.E.van Wyk
54. Ledebouria viscosa Jessop
55. Ledebouria zambesiaca (Baker) Speta
56. Ledebouria zebrina (Baker) S.Venter

References

• Manning, J. C. et al. 2004. A revised generic synopsis of Hyacinthaceae in sub-Saharan Africa, based on molecular evidence, including new combinations and the new tribe Pseudoprospereae. Edinburgh J. Bot. 60:533–568.
• Stedje, B. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships and generic delimitation of sub-Saharan Scilla (Hyacinthaceae) and allied African genera as inferred from morphological and DNA sequence data. Pl. Syst. Evol. 211:1–11.
• Venter, S. & V. J. Edwards. 1998. A revision of Ledebouria (Hyacinthaceae) in South Africa. 1. Two new species. Bothalia 28:15–17.
• Venter, S. & V. J. Edwards. 1998. A revision of Ledebouria (Hyacinthaceae) in South Africa. 2. Two new species, L. crispa and L. parvifolia, and L. macowanii re-instated. Bothalia 28:179–182.
• A.J. Hankeya and T.J. Edwards. Ledebouria mokobulanensis A.J.Hankey and T.J.Edwards (Hyacinthaceae) a new species from the high altitude grasslands of Mpumalanga. South African Journal of Botany, Volume 74, Issue 2, April 2008, Pages 214–217.

External links

• WikiSpecies entry
• USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Encyclopedia of Life
• Pacific Bulb Society

Notes and References

1. Venter, S. (2008). Synopsis of the genus Ledebouria Roth (Hyacinthaceae) in South Africa. Herbertia 62: 85–155.
2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=280444 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 187926901 . 1 January 2021.
4. Web site: Ledebouria Roth Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 14 October 2021 . en.