''Leptoderris'' is a genus of
flowering plant
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s in the family
Fabaceae
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.
It includes 22 species native to tropical Africa, ranging from Senegal to Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and Angola.
[ It belongs to the subfamily ]Faboideae
The Faboideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. An acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae, or Papilionaceae when this group of plants is treated as a family.
This subfamily is widely ...
.
Species are generally liana
A liana is a long-Plant stem, stemmed Woody plant, woody vine that is rooted in the soil at ground level and uses trees, as well as other means of vertical support, to climb up to the Canopy (biology), canopy in search of direct sunlight. T ...
s and sometimes shrubs. They are found mostly in the Guineo-Congolian rain forest from West to Central Africa, extending into seasonally-dry forest, woodland, and bushland north, south, and east of the forest region. Two species are native to the Zambezian region
The Zambezian region is a large biogeographical region in Africa. The Zambezian region includes woodlands, savannas, grasslands, and thickets, extending from east to west in a broad belt across the continent. The Zambezian region lies south of th ...
, and one is native to the Zanzibar–Inhambane forests of coastal eastern Africa.[
22 species are accepted:][
*'' Leptoderris aurantiaca''
*'' Leptoderris brachyptera''
*'' Leptoderris burundiensis''
*'']Leptoderris congolensis
''Leptoderris'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 22 species native to tropical Africa, ranging from Senegal to Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and Angola. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Species are generally l ...
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*'' Leptoderris coriacea''
*'' Leptoderris cyclocarpa''
*''Leptoderris fasciculata
''Leptoderris'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 22 species native to tropical Africa, ranging from Senegal to Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and Angola. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Species are generally l ...
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*''Leptoderris gabonica
''Leptoderris'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 22 species native to tropical Africa, ranging from Senegal to Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and Angola. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Species are generally l ...
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*''Leptoderris glabrata
''Leptoderris'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 22 species native to tropical Africa, ranging from Senegal to Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and Angola. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Species are generally l ...
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*''Leptoderris harmsiana
''Leptoderris'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 22 species native to tropical Africa, ranging from Senegal to Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and Angola. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Species are generally l ...
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*''Leptoderris hypargyrea
''Leptoderris'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 22 species native to tropical Africa, ranging from Senegal to Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and Angola. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Species are generally l ...
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*''Leptoderris ledermannii
''Leptoderris'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 22 species native to tropical Africa, ranging from Senegal to Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and Angola. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Species are generally l ...
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*'' Leptoderris macrothyrsa''
*'' Leptoderris micrantha''
*''Leptoderris miegei
''Leptoderris'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes 22 species native to tropical Africa, ranging from Senegal to Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and Angola. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.
Species are generally l ...
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*'' Leptoderris nobilis''
*'' Leptoderris oxytropis''
*'' Leptoderris reygaertii''
*'' Leptoderris robusta''
*'' Leptoderris sassandrensis''
*'' Leptoderris tomentella''
*'' Leptoderris trifoliolata''
References
Millettieae
Fabaceae genera
Flora of the Afrotropical realm
Taxa named by Stephen Troyte Dunn
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