Leeuwenbergia

Life-forms

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: Crotonoideae
Tribus: Jatropheae
Genus: Leeuwenbergia
Species: L. africana – L. letestui
Name

Leeuwenbergia Letouzey & N.Hallé, Adansonia sér. 2, 14(3): 380. (1974)

Type species: Leeuwenbergia letestui Letouzey & N.Hallé, Adansonia sér. 2, 14(3): 384. (1974)

References

Letouzey, R. & Hallé, N. 1974. Adansonia; recueil (périodique) d'observations botaniques série 2, 14(3): 380.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Leeuwenbergia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 June 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. June 25. Leeuwenbergia. Published online. Accessed: {{{3}}} June 25.
Tropicos.org 2021. Leeuwenbergia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 June 25.

Leeuwenbergia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1974 and named in honor of Toon Leeuwenberg.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to tropical west-central Africa.[3]

Species[3]

Leeuwenbergia africana Letouzey & N.Hallé - Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Leeuwenbergia letestui Letouzey & N.Hallé - Gabon

References

Letouzey, René & Hallé, Nicolas. 1974. Adansonia ser. 2. 14: 380
Tropicos, Leeuwenbergia Letouzey & N. Hallé
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families