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Ledebouria Roth

Family : Hyacinthaceae

Family (APGIII) : ASPARAGACEAE

Protologue : Nov. Pl. Sp. 194 (1821)

Species

Ledebouria apertiflora (Baker) Jessop Ledebouria atrobrunnea S. Venter Ledebouria barteri (Baker) J. C. Manning & Goldblatt Ledebouria bladeniana D.M. Cumming Ledebouria botryoides (Baker) J. C. Manning & Goldblatt Ledebouria botryoides subsp. prostrata (Stedje) J. C. Manning & Goldblatt Ledebouria burkei (Baker) J. C. Manning & Goldblatt Ledebouria burkei subsp. stolonissima (U. Müll. -Doblies & D. Müll. -Doblies) J. C. Manning & Goldblatt Ledebouria camerooniana (Baker) Speta Ledebouria ciliata (Baker) Stedje Ledebouria concolor (Baker) Jessop Ledebouria confertiflora (Dammer) U. Müll. -Doblies & D. Müll. -Doblies Ledebouria cooperi (Hook. f.) Jessop Ledebouria cordifolia (Baker) Stedje & Thulin Ledebouria cremnophila S. Venter & Van Jaarsv. Ledebouria crispa S. Venter Ledebouria cryptopoda (H. G. Baker) J. C. Manning & Goldblatt Ledebouria dolomiticola S. Venter Ledebouria edulis (Engl.) Stedje Ledebouria ensifolia (Eckl.) S. Venter & T. J. Edwards Ledebouria fischeri (Engl.) J. C. Manning & Goldblatt Ledebouria fishrivierensis D.M. Cumming Ledebouria floribunda (Baker) Jessop Ledebouria graminifolia (Baker) Jessop Ledebouria grandifolia (Balf. f.) A. G. Mill. & D. A. Alexander Ledebouria hildebrandtii (Baker) U. Müll. -Doblies & D. Müll. -Doblies Ledebouria hyacinthina Roth Ledebouria hypoxidioides (Schönland) Jessop Ledebouria inquinata (C. A. Sm.) Jessop Ledebouria kirkii (Baker) Stedje & Thulin Ledebouria leptophylla (Baker) S. Venter Ledebouria lilacina (Fenzl ex Kunth) Speta Ledebouria loedolfiae Van Jaarsv. & S. Venter Ledebouria luteola Jessop Ledebouria luteola Jessop Ledebouria macowanii (Baker) S. Venter Ledebouria maculata Dalzell Ledebouria maesta (Baker) Speta Ledebouria marginata (Baker) Jessop Ledebouria megaphylla (J. M. H. Shaw) Van Jaarsv. Ledebouria mokobulanensis Hankey & T. J. Edwards Ledebouria nossibeensis (H. Perrier) J. C. Manning & Goldblatt Ledebouria ovalifolia (Schrad.) Jessop Ledebouria ovatifolia (Baker) Jessop Ledebouria parvifolia S. Venter Ledebouria petiolata J. C. Manning & Goldblatt Ledebouria revoluta (L. f.) Jessop 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 Ledebouria undulata (Jacq.) Jessop Ledebouria urceolata Stedje Ledebouria venteri Van Jaarsv. & A.E. van Wyk Ledebouria viscosa Jessop Ledebouria viscosa Jessop Ledebouria woodii (Baker) J. C. Manning & Goldblatt Ledebouria yemensis (Deflers) Speta Ledebouria zambesiaca (Baker) Speta More species (55)

Status

Status for MA : accepted (present)

Status for SA : accepted (present)

Status for TA : accepted (present)

Ecology and distribution

Trop. Afr.

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).

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.

Bibliography for Tropical Africa : LEBRUN, J. P. & A. L. STORK (1995). Enumération des plantes à fleurs d’Afrique tropicale. Monocotyledones: Limnocharitaceae à Poaceae. Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 3: 72 LEBRUN, J. P. & A. L. STORK (1997). Enumération des plantes à fleurs d’Afrique tropicale. Gamopétales: Ericaceae à Lamiaceae. Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 4: 625 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. Bibliography other : Trop. Afr. Flow. Plants (Ecol. Distr.) 8: 88 (2014)

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see under Catalogue de Madagascar

see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden

Map

Record n°192008 modified 2008-12-27

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