Leobordea

Leobordea
Leobordea digitata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Crotalarieae
Genus: Leobordea
Del., 1830[1]
Type species
Leobordea lotoidea
Del., 1830[1]
Species[1][2]

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Synonyms[1]
  • Leptis E. Mey. ex Eckl. & Zeyh. 1836
  • Lipozygis E. Mey. 1836
  • Lotononis sect. Leptis (E. Mey. ex Eckl. & Zeyh.) Benth.
  • Lotononis sect. Lipozygis (E. Mey.) Benth.
  • Lotononis sect. Synclistis B.-E. van Wyk 1991

Leobordea is a genus of legumes in the family Fabaceae and the tribe Crotalarieae. Members of this genus are found in the eastern parts of South Africa as well as tropical Africa and the Mediterranean countries. It was recently segregated from the genus Lotononis.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e Boatwright JS, Wink M, van Wyk BE (2011). "The generic concept of Lotononis (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae): Reinstatement of the genera Euchlora, Leobordea and Listia and the new genus Ezoloba". Taxon. 60 (1): 161–77. doi:10.1002/tax.601014.
  2. ^ USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Leobordea". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 11 March 2014.