Leptoderris

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Leptoderris
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Millettieae
Genus: Leptoderris
Dunn (1910)
Species [1]

22; see text

Leptoderris is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. [2] It includes 22 species native to tropical Africa, ranging from Senegal to Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and Angola. [1] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.

Species are generally lianas and sometimes shrubs. They are found mostly in the Guineo-Congolian rain forest from West to Central Africa, extending into seasonally-dry forest, woodland, and bushland north, south, and east of the forest region. Two species are native to the Zambezian region, and one is native to the Zanzibar–Inhambane forests of coastal eastern Africa. [1]

22 species are accepted: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Leptoderris Dunn. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  2. ↑ Jongkind, Carel C. H. (2003). "Leptoderris sassandrensis and Leptoderris fasciculata (Leguminosae, Dalbergieae), Two out of One". Systematics and Geography of Plants. 73 (1): 95–98. ISSN   1374-7886.

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