Leidesia

Leidesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Acalyphoideae
Tribe:	Acalypheae
Subtribe:	Mercurialinae
Genus:	Leidesia Mull. Arg.
Species:	L. procumbens
Binomial name
Leidesia procumbens (L.) Prain
Synonyms [1]
Mercurialis procumbensL. Paradenocline procumbens(L.) Müll.Arg. Adenocline procumbens(L.) Druce Croton ricinocarpusL. Croton ricinokarposHoutt. Mercurialis androgynaSteud. Acalypha obtusaThunb. Mercurialis tricoccaEckl. & Zeyh. ex Krauss Mercurialis capensis(L.f.) Spreng. ex Sond. Leidesia capensis(L.f.) Müll.Arg. Leidesia obtusa(Thunb.) Müll.Arg. Leidesia sonderianaMüll.Arg. Leidesia procumbens var. obtusa(Thunb.) Pax & K.Hoffm.

Leidesia is a monotypic plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1866. ^{[2] [3]} The sole species is Leidesia procumbens. The species is widespread in Southern Africa as far north as Democratic Republic of the Congo. ^[1]

The genus name of Leidesia is in honour of Carl Friedrich Seidel (d. 1898), a German painter and botanist, and/or Jacob Friedrich Seidel (1789–1860), a German gardener, and/or Johann Heinrich Seidel (1744–1815), a German court gardener. ^[4]

Species formerly included, ^[1]

moved to Seidelia

• Leidesia firmulaPrain - Seidelia firmula (Prain) Pax & K.Hoffm.

References

1. World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Müller Argoviensis, Johannes (Jean). 1866. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 15(2): 792 in Latin
3. Tropicos, genus Leidesia
4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN   978-3-946292-26-5 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.