Leptopetalum

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: Rubioideae
Tribus: Spermacoceae
Genus: Leptopetalum
Species: L. biflorum – L. coreanum – L. foetidum – L. grayi – L. kanehirae – L. mexicanum – L. pachyphyllum – L. pteritum – L. racemosum – L. strigulosum – L. taiwanense
Source(s) of checklist:
Name

Leptopetalum Hook. & Arn., Bot. Beechey Voy. 295. (1838)

Type species: Leptopetalum mexicanum Hook. & Arn., Bot. Beechey Voy. 295. (1838)

Synonyms

Homotypic
Hedyotis sect. Leptopetalum (Hook. & Arn.) Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 2(1): 57. (1873)
Hedyotis subgen. Leptopetalum (Hook. & Arn.) Fosberg & Sachet, Allertonia 6(3): 199. (1991)
Hedyotis subgen. Leptopetalum (Hook. & Arn.) T.Yamaz., Fl. Jap. (Iwatsuki et al., eds.) 3a: 215. (1993) isonym
Heterotypic
Gonotheca Blume ex DC., Prodr. 4: 429 (1830), nom. illeg.
Thecagonum Babu, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 11: 214 (1969 publ. 1971)
Type species: Thecagonum pteritum (Blume) Babu, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 11: 214 (1969 publ. 1971) vide Leptopetalum pteritum (Blume) Neupane & N.Wikstr., Taxon 64: 317 (2015).

References
Primary references

Hooker, W.J. & Arnott, G.A.W. 1835. Botany of Captain Beechey's Voyage ; comprising an account of the plants collected by Messrs. Lay and Collie.

Additional references

Neupane, S., Dessein, S., Wikström, N., Lewis, P.O., Long, C., Bremer, B. & Motley, T.J. 2015. The Hedyotis-Oldenlandia complex (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae) in Asia and the Pacific: Phylogeny revisited with new generic delimitations. Taxon 64(2): 299-322. DOI: 10.12705/642.8 PDF. Reference page.
Ohi-Toma, T., Naiki, A., Waddell, S., Kato, H., Dang, V.-S. & Murata, J. 2020. An Updated Phylogeny of Leptopetalum (Rubiaceae) and Taxonomic Treatment of Herbaceous Species in East Asia. Journal of Japanese Botany 95(3): 141–153. PDF (Abstract). ResearchGate Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Leptopetalum in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 October 8. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Leptopetalum. Published online. Accessed: 8 October 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Leptopetalum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 October 8.

Vernacular names
日本語: シマザクラ属

Leptopetalum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus is widespread in tropical and subtropical Asia and the Pacific.[1][2]
Species

Leptopetalum biflorum (L.) Neupane & N.Wikstr.
Leptopetalum foetidum (G.Forst.) Neupane & N.Wikstr.
Leptopetalum grayi (Hook.f.) Hatus.
Leptopetalum kanehirae Hatus.
Leptopetalum mexicanum Hook. & Arn.
Leptopetalum pachyphyllum (Tuyama) ined.
Leptopetalum pteritum (Blume) Neupane & N.Wikstr.
Leptopetalum strigulosum (DC.) Neupane & N.Wikstr.

References

"Leptopetalum in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 25 April 2017.
Neupane S, Dessein S, Wikström N, Lewis PO, Long C, Bremer B, Motley T (2015). "The Hedyotis-Oldenlandia complex (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae) in Asia and the Pacific: phylogeny revisited with new generic delimitations". Taxon. 64 (2): 299–322. doi:10.12705/642.8. System: APG IV