''Leptadenia'' is a genus of

plant Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...

s in the family

Apocynaceae Apocynaceae (, from '' Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison. Notable mem ...

, first described as a genus in 1810. It is native to

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, including

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, as well as southwest

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and the

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.Choux, P. 1931. Asclepiadaceae. Cat. Pl. Madag., Asclep. 1(9): 5–24. Catalogue des Plantes de Madagascar, Asclepiadeae. ;SpeciesThe Plant List, genus ''Leptadenia''
/ref> # '' Leptadenia arborea'' (Forssk.) Schweinf. - Sudan, Ethiopia # '' Leptadenia lancifolia'' (Schumach. & Thonn.) Decne. - tropical Africa # '' Leptadenia madagascariensis'' Decne. - Madagascar # ''

Leptadenia pyrotechnica ''Leptadenia pyrotechnica'' (; ) is the botanical name of a desert herb of the family Apocynaceae. It is widespread from Senegal to India. It is known as in Hindi and Urdu, and in Punjabi.L. R. Burdak (1982): Recent advances in desert afforesta ...

'' (Forssk.) Decne. - widespread from Algeria to India # '' Leptadenia reticulata'' (Retz.) Wight & Arn. - Madagascar ;formerly included transferred to other genera ''( Genianthus, Periploca)'' # ''Leptadenia elliptica'' Blume synonym of '' Genianthus ellipticus'' (Blume) Bakh. f. # ''Leptadenia visciformis'' Vatke synonym of '' Periploca visciformis'' (Vatke) K. Schum.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5973559 Apocynaceae genera Asclepiadoideae