Leptodesmia Explained

Leptodesmia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae.^[1] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It includes four species ranging from Madagascar and the Comoros to the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, China, Japan, Malesia, New Guinea, and Queensland.

• Leptodesmia bojeriana – Madagascar
• Leptodesmia congesta – Comoros, Madagascar, and India
• Leptodesmia microphylla – Indian subcontinent to Indochina, China, Japan, Malesia, New Guinea, and Queensland
• Leptodesmia perrieri – Comoros and Madagascar

Notes and References

1. Jabbour . Florian . Gaudeul . Myriam . Lambourdière . Josie . Ramstein . Guillaume . Hassanin . Alexandre . Labat . Jean-Noël . Sarthou . Corinne . 2018-01-01 . Phylogeny, biogeography and character evolution in the tribe Desmodieae (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae), with special emphasis on the New Caledonian endemic genera . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . en . 118 . 108–121 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.09.017 . 28966123 . 2018MolPE.118..108J . 3669840 . 1055-7903.