''Leidesia'' is a
monotypic plant genus in the
family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1866. The sole species is ''Leidesia procumbens''. The species is widespread in
Southern Africa as far north as
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t ...
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The genus name of ''Leidesia'' is in honour of Carl Friedrich Seidel (d. 1898), a German painter and botanist, and/or Jacob Friedrich Seidel (1789–1860), a German gardener, and/or Johann Heinrich Seidel (1744–1815), a German court gardener.[
moved to '' Seidelia''
*''Leidesia firmula'' Prain - '' Seidelia firmula'' (Prain) Pax & K.Hoffm.
]
References
Acalypheae
Monotypic Euphorbiaceae genera
Flora of Southern Africa
Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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