Leplaea

Leplaea cedrata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sapindales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Meliaceae
Subfamilia: Melioideae
Tribus: Aglaieae
Genus: Leplaea
Species: L. adenopunctata – L. cauliflora – L. cedrata – L. laurentii – L. mangenotiana – L. mayombensis – L. thompsonii

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Leplaea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 April 22. Reference page.

Name

Leplaea Vermoesen, Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 9. Suppl. Bot. 61, 62. (1921) emend. Koenen & de Wilde, (2012)

• Type species:: Leplaea mayombensis (Pellegr.) Staner, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 16: 204. (1941) originally designated as synonym Leplaea coalescens Vermoesen, Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 9 Suppl. Bot. 64 (1921)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Western Africa Cabinda, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone Regional: Western Africa Central African Repu, Uganda, Zaïre References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Vermoesen, C. 1921. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 9. Suppl. Bot. 61, 62.

Additional references

• Koenen, E.J. & de Wilde, J.J. 2012. A taxonomic revision of the reinstated genus Leplaea and the newly recognized genus Neoguarea (Meliaceae, Sapindales): the exclusion of Guarea from Africa. Plant Ecology and Evolution 145(2): 209–241. DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2012.656 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Leplaea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan. 31. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Leplaea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan. 31. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Leplaea. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 31 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Leplaea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Jan. 2021.

Vernacular names

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