Ledebouria
Genus of flowering plants
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Ledebouria is a genus of African bulbous perennial herbs in the Asparagus family, Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae.[2] Most members were previously part of the genus Scilla. A number of species are grown by cacti and succulent enthusiasts for their patterned leaves.[3]
| Ledebouria | |
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| Silver squill, Ledebouria socialis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Scilloideae |
| Subtribe: | Massoniinae |
| Genus: | Ledebouria Roth |
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Most of the species are native to Madagascar and Africa (except North Africa),[4] but a few are from India, Sri Lanka or the Arabian Peninsula.[1]
The genus name of Ledebouria is in honour of Carl Friedrich von Ledebour (1786–1851), a German-Estonian botanist.[5] It was first described and published in Nov. Pl. Sp. on page 194 in 1821.[4]
Species
- Ledebouria apertiflora (Baker) Jessop
- Ledebouria asperifolia (van der Merwe) S.Venter
- Ledebouria atrobrunnea S.Venter
- Ledebouria caesiomontana Hankey & Hahn
- Ledebouria camerooniana (Baker) Speta
- Ledebouria concolor (Baker) Jessop
- Ledebouria confusa S.Venter
- Ledebouria cooperi (Hook. f.) Jessop
- Ledebouria cordifolia (Baker) Stedje & Thulin
- Ledebouria coriacea S.Venter
- Ledebouria cremnophila S.Venter & van Jaarsv.
- Ledebouria crispa S.Venter
- Ledebouria dolomiticola S.Venter
- Ledebouria edulis (Engl.) Stedje
- Ledebouria ensifolia (Eckl.) S.Venter & T.J.Edwards
- Ledebouria floribunda (Baker) Jessop
- Ledebouria galpinii (Baker) S.Venter & T.J.Edwards
- Ledebouria glauca S.Venter
- Ledebouria grandifolia (Balf.f.) A.G.Mill. & D.Alexander
- Ledebouria hyderabadensis M.V.Ramana, Prasanna & Venu
- Ledebouria hypoxidioides (Schönland) Jessop
- Ledebouria inquinata (C. A. Sm.) Jessop
- Ledebouria insularis A.G.Mill.
- Ledebouria karnatakensis Punekar & Lakshmin
- Ledebouria kirkii (Baker) Stedje & Thulin
- Ledebouria lepida (N.E.Br.) S.Venter
- Ledebouria leptophylla (Baker) S.Venter
- Ledebouria lilacina (Fenzl ex Kunth) Speta
- Ledebouria luteola Jessop
- Ledebouria macowanii (Baker) S.Venter
- Ledebouria maesta (Baker) Speta
- Ledebouria marginata (Baker) Jessop
- Ledebouria minima (Baker) S.Venter
- Ledebouria mokobulanensis A.J.Hankey and T.J.Edwards
- Ledebouria monophylla S.Venter
- Ledebouria nossibeensis (H.Perrier) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
- Ledebouria ovalifolia (Schrad.) Jessop
- Ledebouria ovatifolia (Baker) Jessop
- Ledebouria papillata S.Venter
- Ledebouria pardalota S.Venter
- Ledebouria parvifolia S.Venter
- Ledebouria pustulata S.Venter
- Ledebouria remifolia S.Venter
- Ledebouria revoluta (L. f.) Jessop
- Ledebouria rupestris (van der Merwe) S.Venter
- Ledebouria sandersonii (Baker) S.Venter & T.J.Edwards
- Ledebouria scabrida Jessop
- Ledebouria socialis (Baker) Jessop
- Ledebouria somaliensis (Baker) Stedje & Thulin
- Ledebouria sudanica (A.Chev.) Burg in A.Akoègninou & al.
- Ledebouria undulata (Jacq.) Jessop
- Ledebouria urceolata Stedje
- Ledebouria venteri van Jaarsv. & A.E.van Wyk
- Ledebouria viscosa Jessop
- Ledebouria zambesiaca (Baker) Speta
- Ledebouria zebrina (Baker) S.Venter
