Leptadenia

Leptadenia
Leptadenia pyrotechnica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:	Ceropegieae
Genus:	Leptadenia R.Br.
Synonyms [1]
BarrowiaDecne. CurinilaSchult. CurniliaRaf. OrthantheraWight ReineraDennst.

Leptadenia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. ^{[2] [3]} It is native to Africa, including Madagascar, as well as southwest Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, and Indochina. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

Species

Nine species are accepted. ^[1]

• Leptadenia albida (Schinz) Bruyns – southwestern Angola, Namibia, and northwestern Cape Provinces
• Leptadenia arborea (Forssk.) Schweinf. – Sahara, Sahel, and Arabian Peninsula
• Leptadenia gossweileri (C.Norman) Bruyns – southern Angola
• Leptadenia jasminiflora (Decne.) Bruyns – southern Democratic Republic of the Congo to South Africa
• Leptadenia lanceolata (Poir.) Goyder – North Africa and western and eastern tropical Africa
• Leptadenia madagascariensis Decne. – Madagascar
• Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Decne. – widespread from Algeria to India
• Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight & Arn. – Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, and Cambodia
• Leptadenia viminea (Wight) Bruyns – western and central Himalayas and India

formerly included ^[8]

transferred to other genera (Genianthus, Periploca)

1. Leptadenia ellipticaBlume synonym of Genianthus ellipticus (Blume) Bakh. f.
2. Leptadenia visciformisVatke synonym of Periploca visciformis (Vatke) K. Schum.

References

1. "Leptadenia R.Br". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 10 July 2025.
2. Brown, Robert. 1810. On the Asclepiadeae 23.
3. Tropicos, genus Leptadenia
4. Bruyns, P. V. & P. I. Forster. 1991. Recircumscription of the Stapelieae (Asclepiadaceae). Taxon 40(3): 381–391
5. 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).
6. 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.
7. Choux, P. 1931. Asclepiadaceae. Cat. Pl. Madag., Asclep. 1(9): 5–24. Catalogue des Plantes de Madagascar, Asclepiadeae.
8. The Plant List, genus Leptadenia