Genus of plants
Leptadenia is a genus ofplants in the familyApocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810.[2][3] It is native toAfrica, includingMadagascar, as well as southwestAsia, theIndian subcontinent, and Indochina.[4][5][6][7]
Nine species are accepted.[1]
- formerly included[8]
transferred to other genera(Genianthus,Periploca)
- Leptadenia ellipticaBlume synonym ofGenianthus ellipticus(Blume) Bakh. f.
- Leptadenia visciformisVatke synonym ofPeriploca visciformis(Vatke) K. Schum.
- ^ab"Leptadenia R.Br".Plants of the World Online.Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved10 July 2025.
- ^Brown, Robert. 1810. On the Asclepiadeae 23.
- ^Tropicos, genusLeptadenia
- ^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, genusLeptadenia
