Leptactina
Genus of plants
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Leptactina is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are about 27 species.[2] They are all native to sub-Saharan Africa, where most occur in rainforest habitat.[3]
| Leptactina | |
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| Leptactina delagoensis subsp. delagoensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
| Tribe: | Pavetteae |
| Genus: | Leptactina Hook.f. (1871)[1] |
| Species[2] | |
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27; see text | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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27 species are accepted:[2]
- Leptactina angolensis (Hutch.) Bullock ex I.Nogueira
- Leptactina arborescens (Welw. ex Benth. & Hook.f.) De Block
- Leptactina benguelensis (Welw. ex Benth. & Hook.f.) R.D.Good
- Leptactina congolana (Robbr.) De Block
- Leptactina deblockiae Neuba & Sonké
- Leptactina delagoensis K.Schum.
- Leptactina densiflora Hook.f.
- Leptactina epinyctios Bullock ex Verdc.
- Leptactina euclinioides K.Schum.
- Leptactina formosa K.Schum.
- Leptactina gloeocalyx K.Schum.
- Leptactina involucrata Hook.f.
- Leptactina latifolia K.Schum.
- Leptactina laurentiana Dewèvre
- Leptactina liebrechtsiana De Wild. & T.Durand
- Leptactina mannii Hook.f.
- Leptactina oxyloba K.Schum.
- Leptactina papalis (N.Hallé) De Block
- Leptactina papyrophloea Verdc.
- Leptactina platyphylla (Hiern) Wernham
- Leptactina polyneura K.Krause
- Leptactina pretrophylax K.Schum.
- Leptactina prostrata K.Schum.
- Leptactina pynaertii De Wild.
- Leptactina rheophytica Sonké & Neuba
- Leptactina senegambica Hook.f.[4]
- Leptactina tessmannii K.Krause
