Leidesia Explained

Leidesia is a monotypic plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1866.^{[1] [2]} The sole species is Leidesia procumbens. The species is widespread in Southern Africa as far north as Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[3]

The genus name of Leidesia is in honour of Carl Friedrich Seidel (d. 1898), a German painter and botanist, and/or Jacob Friedrich Seidel (1789–1860), a German gardener, and/or Johann Heinrich Seidel (1744–1815), a German court gardener.^[4]

Species formerly included,^[3] moved to Seidelia

• Leidesia firmula Prain - Seidelia firmula (Prain) Pax & K.Hoffm.

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/157263#page/798/mode/1up Müller Argoviensis, Johannes (Jean). 1866. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 15(2): 792
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40003449 Tropicos, genus Leidesia
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=109229 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. 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 . 1 January 2021.