Leptadenia

Familia: Apocynaceae
Subfamilia: Asclepiadoideae
Tribus: Ceropegieae
Subtribus: Leptadeniinae
Genus: Leptadenia
Species: L. arborea – L. jazanica – L. lanceolata – L. madagascariensis – L. pyrotechnica – L. reticulata
Name

Leptadenia R.Br., Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 34 (1809)

Type species: Non designatus

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Reinera Dennst., Schlüssel Hortus Malab.: 33 (1818)
Curinila Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 5: xxii (1819)
Curnilia Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 21 (1838)

References

Brown, R. 1809. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society. Edinburgh 1: 34.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Leptadenia in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Leptadenia. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 22 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Leptadenia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Oct. 2017.

Leptadenia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810.[1][2] It is native to Africa, including Madagascar, as well as southwest Asia and the Indian Subcontinent.[3][4][5][6]

Species[7]

Leptadenia arborea (Forssk.) Schweinf. - Sudan, Ethiopia
Leptadenia lancifolia (Schumach. & Thonn.) Decne. - tropical Africa
Leptadenia madagascariensis Decne. - Madagascar
Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Decne. - widespread from Algeria to India
Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight & Arn. - Madagascar

formerly included[7]

transferred to other genera (Genianthus, Periploca)

Leptadenia elliptica Blume synonym of Genianthus ellipticus (Blume) Bakh. f.
Leptadenia visciformis Vatke synonym of Periploca visciformis (Vatke) K. Schum.

References
Brown, Robert. 1810. On the Asclepiadeae 23.
Tropicos, genus Leptadenia
Bruyns, P. V. & P. I. Forster. 1991. Recircumscription of the Stapelieae (Asclepiadaceae). Taxon 40(3): 381–391
Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
Flora of Pakistan, Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Decne. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. 2. 9:269. 1839. Boiss., Fl. Or. 4:63.1879; Bullock in Hutch., Dalziel & Hepper, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. ed. 2.2:98. 1963; Rech. f., Fl. Iran. 73: 16.1970.
Choux, P. 1931. Asclepiadaceae. Cat. Pl. Madag., Asclep. 1(9): 5–24. Catalogue des Plantes de Madagascar, Asclepiadeae.
The Plant List, genus Leptadenia