Ledebouria

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
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
Synonyms[1]
Eratobotrys Fenzl ex Endl. Xeodolon Salisb.

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

1. Ledebouria apertiflora (Baker) Jessop
2. Ledebouria asperifolia (van der Merwe) S.Venter
3. Ledebouria atrobrunnea S.Venter
4. Ledebouria caesiomontana Hankey & Hahn
5. Ledebouria camerooniana (Baker) Speta
6. Ledebouria concolor (Baker) Jessop
7. Ledebouria confusa S.Venter
8. Ledebouria cooperi (Hook. f.) Jessop
9. Ledebouria cordifolia (Baker) Stedje & Thulin
10. Ledebouria coriacea S.Venter
11. Ledebouria cremnophila S.Venter & van Jaarsv.
12. Ledebouria crispa S.Venter
13. Ledebouria dolomiticola S.Venter
14. Ledebouria edulis (Engl.) Stedje
15. Ledebouria ensifolia (Eckl.) S.Venter & T.J.Edwards
16. Ledebouria floribunda (Baker) Jessop
17. Ledebouria galpinii (Baker) S.Venter & T.J.Edwards
18. Ledebouria glauca S.Venter
19. Ledebouria grandifolia (Balf.f.) A.G.Mill. & D.Alexander
20. Ledebouria hyderabadensis M.V.Ramana, Prasanna & Venu
21. Ledebouria hypoxidioides (Schönland) Jessop
22. Ledebouria inquinata (C. A. Sm.) Jessop
23. Ledebouria insularis A.G.Mill.
24. Ledebouria karnatakensis Punekar & Lakshmin
25. Ledebouria kirkii (Baker) Stedje & Thulin
26. Ledebouria lepida (N.E.Br.) S.Venter
27. Ledebouria leptophylla (Baker) S.Venter
28. Ledebouria lilacina (Fenzl ex Kunth) Speta
29. Ledebouria luteola Jessop
30. Ledebouria macowanii (Baker) S.Venter
31. Ledebouria maesta (Baker) Speta
32. Ledebouria marginata (Baker) Jessop
33. Ledebouria minima (Baker) S.Venter
34. Ledebouria mokobulanensis A.J.Hankey and T.J.Edwards
35. Ledebouria monophylla S.Venter
36. Ledebouria nossibeensis (H.Perrier) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
37. Ledebouria ovalifolia (Schrad.) Jessop
38. Ledebouria ovatifolia (Baker) Jessop
39. Ledebouria papillata S.Venter
40. Ledebouria pardalota S.Venter
41. Ledebouria parvifolia S.Venter
42. Ledebouria pustulata S.Venter
43. Ledebouria remifolia S.Venter
44. Ledebouria revoluta (L. f.) Jessop
45. Ledebouria rupestris (van der Merwe) S.Venter
46. Ledebouria sandersonii (Baker) S.Venter & T.J.Edwards
47. Ledebouria scabrida Jessop
48. Ledebouria socialis (Baker) Jessop
49. Ledebouria somaliensis (Baker) Stedje & Thulin
50. Ledebouria sudanica (A.Chev.) Burg in A.Akoègninou & al.
51. Ledebouria undulata (Jacq.) Jessop
52. Ledebouria urceolata Stedje
53. Ledebouria venteri van Jaarsv. & A.E.van Wyk
54. Ledebouria viscosa Jessop
55. Ledebouria zambesiaca (Baker) Speta
56. Ledebouria zebrina (Baker) S.Venter