Leplaea Vermoesen
First published in Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 9(Suppl. Bot.): 61 (1921)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is W. Tropical Africa to Uganda.
Distribution
Native to:
Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zaïre
Accepted Species
- Leplaea adenopunctata E.J.M.Koenen & J.J.de Wilde
- Leplaea cauliflora E.J.M.Koenen & J.J.de Wilde
- Leplaea cedrata (A.Chev.) E.J.M.Koenen & J.J.de Wilde
- Leplaea laurentii (De Wild.) E.J.M.Koenen & J.J.de Wilde
- Leplaea mangenotiana (Aké Assi & Lorougnon) E.J.M.Koenen & J.J.de Wilde
- Leplaea mayombensis (Pellegr.) Staner
- Leplaea thompsonii (Sprague & Hutch.) E.J.M.Koenen & J.J.de Wilde
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Koenen, E.J.M. & de Wilde, J.J.F.E. (2012). A taxonomic revision of the reinstated genus Leplaea and the newly recognised genus Neoguarea (Meliaceae, Sapindales): the exclusion of Guarea from Africa. Plant ecology and evolution 145: 209-241.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0