Leipoldtia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Aizoaceae
Subfamilia: Ruschioideae
Tribus: Ruschieae
Genus: Leipoldtia
Species: L. alborosea – L. calandra – L. compacta – L. frutescens – L. gigantea – L. klaverensis – L. laxa – L. lunata – L. rosea – L. schultzei – L. uniflora – L. weigangiana
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2018. Leipoldtia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 09. Reference page.

Name

Leipoldtia L.Bolus, 1927.
References

Bolus, H.M.L., 1927: in Flowering Plants of South Africa vii. t. 256.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Leipoldtia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 09. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Leipoldtia. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 09 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Leipoldtia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 09.
Tropicos.org 2018. Leipoldtia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jul. 09.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Leipoldtia. .

Leipoldtia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.[1]

It is native to Namibia and the Cape Provinces (region of the South African Republic).[1]

The genus name of Leipoldtia is in honour of C. Louis Leipoldt (1880–1947), a South African poet, dramatist, medical doctor, reporter and food expert.[2] It was first described and published in Fl. Pl. South Africa Vol.7 on table 256 in 1927.[1]
Known species

According to Kew:[1]

Leipoldtia alborosea (L.Bolus) H.E.K.Hartmann & Stüber
Leipoldtia calandra (L.Bolus) L.Bolus
Leipoldtia compacta L.Bolus
Leipoldtia frutescens (L.Bolus) H.E.K.Hartmann
Leipoldtia gigantea Klak
Leipoldtia klaverensis L.Bolus
Leipoldtia laxa L.Bolus
Leipoldtia lunata H.E.K.Hartmann & S.Rust
Leipoldtia nevillei Klak
Leipoldtia rosea L.Bolus
Leipoldtia schultzei (Schltr. & Diels) Friedrich
Leipoldtia uniflora L.Bolus
Leipoldtia weigangiana (Dinter) Dinter & Schwantes ex H.Jacobsen

References

"Leipoldtia L.Bolus | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
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.