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Ledermanniella

genus of plants

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJan 21, 2025
Entity authorityQ10316863 ↗
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Ledermanniella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Podostemaceae. It includes 28 species all native to tropical Africa.

The genus name of Ledermanniella is in honour of Carl Ludwig Ledermann (1875-1958), who was a Swiss botanist and horticultural expert.

The genus was circumscribed by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. vol.43 (Issue 4) on page 378 in 1909.

Species

28 species are accepted.

Ledermanniella aloides (Engl.) C.Cusset

Ledermanniella batangensis (Engl.) C.Cusset

Ledermanniella bifurcata (Engl.) C.Cusset

Ledermanniella boloensis C.Cusset

Ledermanniella bowlingii (J.B.Hall) C.Cusset

Ledermanniella guineensis C.Cusset

Ledermanniella jaegeri C.Cusset

Ledermanniella keayi (G.Taylor) C.Cusset

Ledermanniella letestui (Pellegr.) C.Cusset

Ledermanniella letouzeyi C.Cusset

Ledermanniella linearifolia Engl.

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The public source identifies “Ledermanniella” as genus of plants. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ledermanniella, genus and plants.

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This entry incorporates text from “Ledermanniella” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.