''Leobordea'' is a genus of

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s in the family

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and the tribe

Crotalarieae Crotalarieae is a tribe of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae. It includes rooibos ''(Aspalathus linearis)'', which is harvested for sale as a tisane. Description The Crotalarieae arose 31.2 ± 3.4 million years ago (in the Oligoc ...

. Members of this genus are found in the eastern parts of South Africa as well as tropical Africa and the Mediterranean countries. It was recently segregated from the genus '' Lotononis''.

Species

Section ''Digitata''

* ''Leobordea benthamiana'' (Dümmer) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea digitata'' (Harv.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea longiflora'' (H. Bolus) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea magnifica'' (B.-E. van Wyk) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea plicata'' (B.-E. van Wyk) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea quinata'' (Thunb.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.

Section ''Leobordea''

* ''Leobordea bracteosa'' (B.-E. van Wyk) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea furcata'' (Merxmüller & Schreiber) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea newtonii'' (Dümmer) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * '' Leobordea platycarpa'' (Viv.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea schoenfelderi'' (Dinter ''ex'' Merxmüller & Schreiber) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea stipulosa'' (Bak. f.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.

Section ''Leptis''

* ''Leobordea acuticarpa'' (B.-E. van Wyk) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * '' Leobordea adpressa'' (N.E.Br.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. ** subsp. ''adpressa'' (N.E.Br.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. ** subsp. ''leptantha'' (B.-E. van Wyk) B.-E. van Wyk * ''Leobordea arida'' (Dümmer) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea bullonii'' (Emberger & Maire) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea carinata'' (E.Mey.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea decumbens'' (Thunb.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. ** subsp. ''decumbens'' (Thunb.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. ** subsp. ''rehmannii'' (Dümmer) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea divaricata'' Eckl. & Zeyh. * ''Leobordea esterhuyseana'' (B.-E. van Wyk) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea genistoides'' Fenzl. * ''Leobordea hirsuta'' (Schinz) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea lupinifolia'' Boiss. * ''Leobordea maroccana'' (Ball) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * '' Leobordea mirabilis'' (Dinter) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea mollis'' (E. Mey.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea mucronata'' (Conrath) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea pariflora'' (N.E. Br.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea prolifera'' (E. Mey.) Eckl. & Zeyh. * ''Leobordea pusilla'' (Dümmer) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea stolzii'' (Harms) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea tapetiformis'' (Emberger & Maire) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.

Section ''Lipozygis''

Subsection ''Bracteolata''

* ''Leobordea difformis'' (B.-E. van Wyk) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea procumbens'' (H. Bolus) B.-E. van W yk & Boatwr.

Subsection ''Lipozygis''

* ''Leobordea corymbosa'' (E. Mey.) B.-E. van W yk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea eriantha'' (Benth.) B.-E. van W yk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea foliosa'' (H. Bolus) B.-E. van W yk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea grandis'' (Dümmer & Jennings) B.-E. van W yk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea lanceolata'' (E. Mey.) B.-E. van W yk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea pulchra'' (Dummer) B.-E. van W yk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea spicata'' (Compton) B.-E. van W yk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea sutherlandii'' (Dümmer) B.-E. van W yk & Boatwr.

Section ''Synclistus''

* ''Leobordea anthylloides'' (Harv.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea diffusa'' (Thunb.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea globulosa'' (B.-E. van Wyk) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea lanata'' (Thunb.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea laticeps'' (B.-E. van Wyk) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea longicephala'' (B.-E. van Wyk) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea oligocephala'' (B.-E. van Wyk) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea pentaphylla'' (E. Mey.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr. * ''Leobordea polycephala'' (E. Mey.) B.-E. van Wyk & Boatwr.

References

Crotalarieae Fabaceae genera {{Faboideae-stub