Leptadenia

Leptadenia
Leptadenia pyrotechnica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:	Ceropegieae
Genus:	Leptadenia R.Br.

Leptadenia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810.^[1][2] It is native to Africa, including Madagascar, as well as southwest Asia and the Indian Subcontinent.^[3][4][5][6]

Species^[7]

1. Leptadenia arborea (Forssk.) Schweinf. - Sudan, Ethiopia
2. Leptadenia lancifolia (Schumach. & Thonn.) Decne. - tropical Africa
3. Leptadenia madagascariensis Decne. - Madagascar
4. Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Decne. - widespread from Algeria to India
5. Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight & Arn. - Madagascar

formerly included^[7]

transferred to other genera (Genianthus, Periploca)

1. Leptadenia elliptica Blume synonym of Genianthus ellipticus (Blume) Bakh. f.
2. Leptadenia visciformis Vatke synonym of Periploca visciformis (Vatke) K. Schum.

References

1. Brown, Robert. 1810. On the Asclepiadeae 23.
2. Tropicos, genus Leptadenia
3. Bruyns, P. V. & P. I. Forster. 1991. Recircumscription of the Stapelieae (Asclepiadaceae). Taxon 40(3): 381–391
4. Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
5. Flora of Pakistan, Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Decne. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. 2. 9:269. 1839. Boiss., Fl. Or. 4:63.1879; Bullock in Hutch., Dalziel & Hepper, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. ed. 2.2:98. 1963; Rech. f., Fl. Iran. 73: 16.1970.
6. Choux, P. 1931. Asclepiadaceae. Cat. Pl. Madag., Asclep. 1(9): 5–24. Catalogue des Plantes de Madagascar, Asclepiadeae.
7. The Plant List, genus Leptadenia