Leidesia
Genus of flowering plants in the spurge family Euphorbiacea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Genus of flowering plants in the spurge family Euphorbiacea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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