Leidesia

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamilia: Acalyphoideae
Tribus: Acalypheae
Genus: Leidesia
Species: L. procumbens
Name

Leidesia Müll.Arg., Prodr. 15(2): 792. (1866)

Type species: non design.
monotypic taxon

References

Müller Argoviensis, J. 1866. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis ... (DC.) 15(2): 792.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Leidesia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar. 20. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Leidesia. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 20 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Leidesia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Mar. 2021.

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

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,[1]

moved to Seidelia

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

References

World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Müller Argoviensis, Johannes (Jean). 1866. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 15(2): 792 in Latin
Tropicos, genus Leidesia
Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.