Leidesia
Genus of flowering plants in the spurge family Euphorbiacea
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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]
| Leidesia | |
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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] | |
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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 firmula Prain - Seidelia firmula (Prain) Pax & K.Hoffm.
