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Leptonema

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Leptonema
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamily: Antidesmatoideae
Tribe: Antidesmateae
Subtribe: Leptonematinae
Genus: Leptonema
A.Juss. 1824 not Hook. 1844 (Brassicaceae)

Leptonema is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae first described in 1824.[1][2] The entire genus is endemic to Madagascar.[3][4] It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[5]

Species[3]
  1. Leptonema glabrum (Leandri) Leandri
  2. Leptonema venosum (Poir.) A.Juss.
formerly included[3]

moved to Flueggea

  • Leptonema melanthesoides F.Muell. - Flueggea virosa subsp. melanthesoides (F.Muell.) G.L.Webster

References

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  1. ^ Jussieu, Adrien Henri Laurent de. 1824. De Euphorbiacearum Generibus Medicisque earumdem viribus tentamen, tabulis aeneis 18 illustratum 19
  2. ^ Tropicos, Leptonema A. Juss.
  3. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. ^ Hoffmann, Petra; Kathriarachchi, Hashendra; Wurdack, Kenneth J. (2006). "A Phylogenetic Classification of Phyllanthaceae (Malpighiales; Euphorbiaceae sensu lato)". Kew Bulletin. 61 (1): 37–53. JSTOR 20443245.