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Family : Hyacinthaceae |
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Family (APGIII) : ASPARAGACEAE |
| Protologue : Nov. Pl. Sp. 194 (1821) |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Differs from Scilla by: leaves usually spotted, inflorescences ± flexuous (usually 2 or more), flowers usually purplish to greenish, ovary stipitate.
However, “the morphological distinction between Ledebouria and Scilla…becomes less clear when material from tropical Africa and the Mediterranean is included” (Stedje, 1998: 4); “but as these small differences get support from the DNA sequence data I will suggest that Ledebouria and the sub-Saharan species of Scilla should be treated as two separate genera. Ledebouria is closest related to the tropical African species of Scilla, and appears to have a common ancestry” (Stedje, o.c.: 8). |
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| Ecology : |
The genus is very variable in leaf characters, chromosome numbers and karyotypes. The species boundaries are often obscure, and species delimitation has often been based on single characters. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 3: 72 (1995).
- Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 4: 625 (1997).
- Trop. Afr. Flow. Plants (Ecol. Distr.) 8: 88 (2014)
Bibliography for North Africa :
- STEDJE, B. (1998). Phylogenetic relationships and generic delimitation of sub-Saharan Scilla (Hyacinthaceae) and allied African genera as inferred from morphological and DNA sequence data. Pl. Syst. Evol. 211: 1-11.
- VENTER, S. (2008). Synopsis of the genus Ledebouria Roth (Hyacinthaceae) in South Africa. Herbertia 62: 85-155.
- PFOSSER, M. [F.] & al. (2012). Phylogenetic relationships of Malagasy Hyacinthaceae. Pl. Ecol. Evol. 145: 65-72
- PFOSSER, M. [F.] & al. (2013). Phylogenetic relationships of Malagasy Hyacinthaceae. Scripta Bot. Belg. 50: 197-204.
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
| see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
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| Record n°192008 modified 2008-12-27 |
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