Ledebouria floribunda
Ledebouria floribunda is a flowering plant species in the genus Ledebouria found in Africa.
Ledebouria floribunda | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Scilloideae |
Genus: | Ledebouria |
Species: | L. floribunda |
Binomial name | |
Ledebouria floribunda (Baker) Jessop | |
The homoisoflavanones 7-O-α-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→6)-β-glucopiranosyl-5-hydroxy-3-(4-methoxybenzyl)-chroman-4-one, 7-O-α-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→6)-β-glucopiranosyl-5-hydroxy-3-(4′-hydroxybenzyl)-chroman-4-one, 5,7-dihydroxy-3-(4′-methoxybenzyl)-chroman-4-one (3,9-dihidroeucomin), 5,7-dihydroxy-6-methoxy-3-(4′-methoxybenzyl)-chroman-4-one, 5,7-dihydroxy 3-(4′-hydroxybenzyl)-chroman-4-one (4,4′-demethyl-3,9-dihydropuctatin), 5,7-dihydroxy-3-(4′-hydroxybenzyl)-6-methoxy-chroman-4-one (3,9-dihydroeucomnalin) and 7-hydroxy-3-(4′-hydroxybenzyl)-5-methoxy-chroman-4-one can be isolated from the bulbs of L. floribunda.[1]
Etymology
Ledebouria is named for Carl Friedrich von Ledebour (1785-1851),[2] a botanist who published, among other things, the first complete Russian flora. [3]
References
- Homoisoflavanones from Ledebouria floribunda. María Isabel Calvo, Fitoterapia, March 2009, Volume 80, Issue 2, Pages 96–101, doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2008.10.006
- Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). pp 232
- "Flora Rossica". Biodiversity Library. Biodiversity Heritage Library. 1842. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- Journal of South African Botany. Kirstenbosch 36:251. 1970
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