Ledebouria floribunda

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Ledebouria floribunda
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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
Synonyms

Drimia pendulaBurch. ex Baker
Scilla floribunda Baker
Scilla lautaN.E.Br.
Scilla pendula Baker
Scilla polyantha Baker
Scilla princeps Baker
Scilla subsecunda Baker

Contents

Ledebouria floribunda is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family. It is a bulbous geophyte native to South Africa, Eswatini, and Lesotho. [1]

Uses

A number of homoisoflavanones can be isolated from the bulbs of L. floribunda. [2]

Etymology

Ledebouria is named for Carl Friedrich von Ledebour (1785–1851), [3] a botanist who published, among other things, the first complete Russian flora. [4]

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References

  1. "Ledebouria floribunda (Baker) Jessop". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  2. 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
  3. Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN   9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN   9780521685535 (paperback). pp 232
  4. "Flora Rossica". Biodiversity Library. Biodiversity Heritage Library. 1842. Retrieved 4 July 2018.