Leeuwenbergia

Leeuwenbergia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Malpighiales
Family:Euphorbiaceae
Tribe:Jatropheae
Genus:Leeuwenbergia
Letouzey & N.Hallé

Leeuwenbergia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1974 and named in honor of Toon Leeuwenberg.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to tropical west-central Africa.[3]

Species[3]
  1. Leeuwenbergia africana Letouzey & N.Hallé - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Zaire
  2. Leeuwenbergia letestui Letouzey & N.Hallé - Gabon

References

  1. ↑ Letouzey, René & Hallé, Nicolas. 1974. Adansonia ser. 2. 14: 380
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Leeuwenbergia Letouzey & N. Hallé
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families


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