Ledebouria floribunda explained

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]

Uses

A number of homoisoflavanones can be isolated from the bulbs of L. floribunda.[2]

Etymology

Ledebouria is named for Carl Friedrich von Ledebour (1785–1851),[3] a botanist who published, among other things, the first complete Russian flora.[4]

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ledebouria floribunda (Baker) Jessop. . n.d.. Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 7 October 2023.
  2. Homoisoflavanones from Ledebouria floribunda. María Isabel Calvo, Fitoterapia, March 2009, Volume 80, Issue 2, Pages 96–101,
  3. Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. (hardback), (paperback). pp 232
  4. Web site: Flora Rossica . . 1842 . Biodiversity Library . Biodiversity Heritage Library . 4 July 2018 .

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