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Genus of flowering plants

Leptaulus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Aquifoliales
Family: Cardiopteridaceae
Genus: Leptaulus
Benth.
Synonyms

Acrocoelium Baill.

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

Species
  1. Leptaulus citrioides – Madagascar
  2. Leptaulus congolanus – from Nigeria to Democratic Republic of the Congo
  3. Leptaulus daphnoides – from Senegal to Tanzania
  4. Leptaulus grandifolius – Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea
  5. Leptaulus holstii – from Cameroon to Angola
  6. Leptaulus madagascariensis – Madagascar

References

  1. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Leptaulus


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