Leptaulus

Leptaulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Aquifoliales
Family: Cardiopteridaceae
Genus: Leptaulus
Benth.
Synonyms[1]

Acrocoelium Baill.

Leptaulus is a genus of trees and shrubs in the family Cardiopteridaceae described as a genus in 1862.[2][3] It is native to tropical Africa including Madagascar.[1]

species[1]
  1. Leptaulus citrioides - Madagascar
  2. Leptaulus congolanus - from Nigeria to Zaire
  3. Leptaulus daphnoides - from Senegal to Tanzania
  4. Leptaulus grandifolius - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo Rep, Eq Guinea
  5. Leptaulus holstii - from Cameroon to Angola
  6. Leptaulus madagascariensis - Madagascar

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Bentham, George, in G.Bentham & J.D.Hooker. 1862. Genera Plantarum 1: 344, 351 in Latin
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Leptaulus Benth.
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