Leptactina

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Gentianales

Familia: Rubiaceae
Subfamilia: Ixoroideae
Tribus: Pavetteae
Genus: Leptactina
Species: L. angolensis – L. arborescens – L. benguelensis – L. congolana – L. deblockiae – L. delagoensis – L. densiflora – L. epinyctios – L. euclinioides – L. formosa – L. gloeocalyx – L. involucrata – L. latifolia – L. laurentiana – L. liebrechtsiana – L. mannii – L. oxyloba – L. papalis – L. papyrophloea – L. platyphylla – L. polyneura – L. pretrophylax – L. prostrata – L. pynaertii – L. rheophytica – L. senegambica – L. tessmannii
Name

Leptactina Hook.f., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 11: 73. t. 1092. (1871)

Type species: Leptactina mannii Hook.f., Hooker's Icon. Pl. 11: 74. t. 1092. (1871)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Dictyandra Welw. ex Hook.f. in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker, Gen. Pl. 2: 85. (1873)
Coleactina N.Hallé, Fl. Gabon 17: 83. (1970)

References

Hooker, J.D. 1871. Hooker's Icones Plantarum; or figures, with brief descriptive characters and remarks of new or rare plants 11: 73. t. 1092.
African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Leptactina. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 15.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Leptactina in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 15. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Leptactina. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 15 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Leptactina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Oct. 15.

Leptactina is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are about 19 species.[3] They are all native to Africa, where most occur in rainforest habitat.[4]

Species include:[5]

Leptactina adolfi-friedericii
Leptactina angolensis
Leptactina benguelensis
Leptactina deblockiae
Leptactina delagoensis
Leptactina densiflora Hook.f.
Leptactina epinyctios
Leptactina euclinioides
Leptactina formosa
Leptactina gloeocalyx
Leptactina involucrata
Leptactina latifolia
Leptactina laurentiana
Leptactina leopoldi-secundi
Leptactina liebrechtsiana
Leptactina mannii
Leptactina oxyloba
Leptactina papyrophloea Verdc.
Leptactina platyphylla
Leptactina polyneura
Leptactina pretrophylax
Leptactina prostrata
Leptactina pynaertii
Leptactina rheophytica
Leptactina senegambica Hook.f.[6]

References

"Genus Leptactina". Taxonomy. UniProt. Archived from the original on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
"Genus: Leptactina Hook. f." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
Neuba, Danho Fursy Rodelec; Malan, Djah François; Kouadio, Yao Lambert (2014). "Notes sur le genre AfricainLeptactina Hook.f. (Rubiaceae, Pavetteae)". Adansonia. 36: 121–153. doi:10.5252/a2014n1a11. S2CID 86277793.
Robbrecht, E., & De Block, P. (1999). The geofrutescent Leptactina Species (Rubiaceae, Pavetteae) of the'Flore d'Afrique Centrale'Area. Systematics and Geography of Plants, 125-133.
Leptactina. The Plant List.
"GRIN Species Records of Leptactina". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-01-27.