Leobordea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Crotalarieae
Genus: Leobordea
Species (sensu Boatwright et al., 2011): L. acuticarpa – L. adpressa – L. anthylloides – L. arida – L. benthamiana – L. bracteosa – L. bullonii – L. carinata – L. corymbosa – L. cytisoides – L. decumbens – L. difformis – L. diffusa – L. digitata – L. eriantha – L. esterhuyseniana – L. foliosa – L. furcata – L. genistoides – L. globulosa – L. grandis – L. hirsuta – L. lanata – L. lanceolata – L. laticeps – L. longicephala – L. longiflora – L. lotoides – L. lupinifolia – L. magnifica – L. maroccana – L. mirabilis – L. mollis – L. mucronata – L. newtonii – L. oligocephala – L. pariflora – L. pentaphylla – L. platycarpa – L. plicata – L. polycephala – L. procumbens – L. pulchra – L. pusilla – L. quinata – L. schoenfelderi – L. spicata – L. stipulosa – L. stolzii – L. sutherlandii – L. tapetiformis
Name

Leobordea Delile in Laborde, Voy. Arabie Pétrée: 82, 86 (1830).

Type species: Leobordea platycarpa (Viv.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.

Synonyms

Homotypic
Lotononis sect. Leobordea (Delile) Benth., London J. Bot. 2: 607 (1843).
Heterotypic
Leobordea sect. Digitata (B.-E. van Wyk) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr., Taxon 60: 172 (2011).
Lotononis sect. Digitata B.-E. van Wyk, Contr. Bolus Herb. 14: 107 (1991).
Type: Leobordea digitata (Harv.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. (≡ Lotononis digitata Harv.)
Leobordea sect. Leptis (E.Mey. ex Eckl. & Zeyh.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr., Taxon 60: 172 (2011).
Leptis E.Mey. ex Eckl. & Zeyh., Enum. Pl. Afr. Austr. 2: 174 (1836).
Lotononis sect. Leptis (E.Mey. ex Eckl. & Zeyh.) Benth. (emend. B.-E van Wyk, Contr. Bolus Herb. 14: 124 (1991).)
Lectotype: Leptis debilis Eckl. & Zeyh. (= Lotononis prolifera (E.Mey.) B.-E. van Wyk ≡ Leobordea prolifera (E.Mey.) Eckl. & Zeyh.)
Leobordea sect. Lipozygis (E.Mey.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr., Taxon 60: 175 (2011).
Lipozygis E.Mey., Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. 1(1): 80. (1836).
Lotononis sect. Lipozygis (E.Mey.) Benth. (emend. B.-E. van Wyk, Contr. Bolus Herb. 14: 114 (1991)).
Type: Leobordea corymbosa (E.Mey.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. (≡ Lipozygis corymbosa E.Mey.).
Leobordea sect. Synclistus (B.-E. van Wyk) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr., Taxon 60: 176 (2011).
Lotononis sect. Synclistus B.-E. van Wyk, Contr. Bolus Herb. 14: 157 (1991).
Type: Leobordea longicephala (B.-E. van Wyk) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. (≡ Lotononis longicephala B.-E. van Wyk)

References
Primary references

Delile, A.R. in Laborde 1830. Voyage de l'Arabie Pétrée 82, 86.

Additional references

Boatwright, J.S., Wink, M. & van Wyk, B.E. 2011. The generic concept of Lotononis (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae): Reinstatement of the genera Euchlora, Leobordea and Listia and the new genus Ezoloba. Taxon 60(1): 161–177. Full text PDF Reference page.

Links

African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Leobordea. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 9 July 2018.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Leobordea. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 11 2016.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2016. Leobordea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Mar. 11. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2016. Leobordea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Mar. 2016.

Leobordea is a genus of legumes in the family Fabaceae and the tribe Crotalarieae. Members of this genus are found in the eastern parts of South Africa as well as tropical Africa and the Mediterranean countries. It was recently segregated from the genus Lotononis.[1]
Contents

1 Species
1.1 Section Digitata
1.2 Section Leobordea
1.3 Section Leptis
1.4 Section Lipozygis
1.4.1 Subsection Bracteolata
1.4.2 Subsection Lipozygis
1.5 Section Synclistus
2 References

Species
Section Digitata

Leobordea benthamiana (Dümmer) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea digitata (Harv.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea longiflora (H. Bolus) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea magnifica (B.-E. van Wyk) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea plicata (B.-E. van Wyk) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea quinata (Thunb.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.

Section Leobordea

Leobordea bracteosa (B.-E. van Wyk) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea furcata (Merxmüller & Schreiber) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea newtonii (Dümmer) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea platycarpa (Viv.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea schoenfelderi (Dinter ex Merxmüller & Schreiber) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea stipulosa (Bak. f.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.

Section Leptis

Leobordea acuticarpa (B.-E. van Wyk) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea adpressa (N.E.Br.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
subsp. adpressa (N.E.Br.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
subsp. leptantha (B.-E. van Wyk) B.-E. van Wyk
Leobordea arida (Dümmer) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea bullonii (Emberger & Maire) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea carinata (E.Mey.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea decumbens (Thunb.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
subsp. decumbens (Thunb.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
subsp. rehmannii (Dümmer) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea divaricata Eckl. & Zeyh.
Leobordea esterhuyseana (B.-E. van Wyk) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea genistoides Fenzl.
Leobordea hirsuta (Schinz) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea lupinifolia Boiss.
Leobordea maroccana (Ball) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea mirabilis (Dinter) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea mollis (E. Mey.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea mucronata (Conrath) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea pariflora (N.E. Br.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea prolifera (E. Mey.) Eckl. & Zeyh.
Leobordea pusilla (Dümmer) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea stolzii (Harms) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea tapetiformis (Emberger & Maire) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.

Section Lipozygis
Subsection Bracteolata

Leobordea difformis (B.-E. van Wyk) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea procumbens (H. Bolus) B.-E. van W yk & Boatwr.

Subsection Lipozygis

Leobordea corymbosa (E. Mey.) B.-E. van W yk & Boatwr.
Leobordea eriantha (Benth.) B.-E. van W yk & Boatwr.
Leobordea foliosa (H. Bolus) B.-E. van W yk & Boatwr.
Leobordea grandis (Dümmer & Jennings) B.-E. van W yk & Boatwr.
Leobordea lanceolata (E. Mey.) B.-E. van W yk & Boatwr.
Leobordea pulchra (Dummer) B.-E. van W yk & Boatwr.
Leobordea spicata (Compton) B.-E. van W yk & Boatwr.
Leobordea sutherlandii (Dümmer) B.-E. van W yk & Boatwr.

Section Synclistus

Leobordea anthylloides (Harv.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea diffusa (Thunb.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea globulosa (B.-E. van Wyk) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea lanata (Thunb.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea laticeps (B.-E. van Wyk) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea longicephala (B.-E. van Wyk) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea oligocephala (B.-E. van Wyk) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea pentaphylla (E. Mey.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.
Leobordea polycephala (E. Mey.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.[3]

References

Boatwright JS, Wink M, van Wyk BE (2011). "The generic concept of Lotononis (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae): Reinstatement of the genera Euchlora, Leobordea and Listia and the new genus Ezoloba". Taxon. 60 (1): 161–77. doi:10.1002/tax.601014.
USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Leobordea". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
"Leobordea — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2018-03-30.