Leptoderris Explained
Leptoderris is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.[1] It includes 22 species native to tropical Africa, ranging from Senegal to Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and Angola. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Species are generally lianas and sometimes shrubs. They are found mostly in the Guineo-Congolian rain forest from West to Central Africa, extending into seasonally-dry forest, woodland, and bushland north, south, and east of the forest region. Two species are native to the Zambezian region, and one is native to the Zanzibar–Inhambane forests of coastal eastern Africa.
22 species are accepted:
- Leptoderris aurantiaca
- Leptoderris brachyptera
- Leptoderris burundiensis
- Leptoderris congolensis
- Leptoderris coriacea
- Leptoderris cyclocarpa
- Leptoderris fasciculata
- Leptoderris gabonica
- Leptoderris glabrata
- Leptoderris harmsiana
- Leptoderris hypargyrea
- Leptoderris ledermannii
- Leptoderris macrothyrsa
- Leptoderris micrantha
- Leptoderris miegei
- Leptoderris nobilis
- Leptoderris oxytropis
- Leptoderris reygaertii
- Leptoderris robusta
- Leptoderris sassandrensis
- Leptoderris tomentella
- Leptoderris trifoliolata
Notes and References
- Jongkind . Carel C. H. . 2003 . Leptoderris sassandrensis and Leptoderris fasciculata (Leguminosae, Dalbergieae), Two out of One . Systematics and Geography of Plants . 73 . 1 . 95–98 . 3668484 . 1374-7886.
