| Leptactina | |
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| Leptactina delagoensis subsp. delagoensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ixoroideae |
| Tribe: | Pavetteae |
| Genus: | Leptactina Hook.f. (1871) |
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27; see text | |
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Leptactina is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. There are about 27 species. They are all native to sub-Saharan Africa, where most occur in rainforest habitat.
27 species are accepted:
- Leptactina angolensis (Hutch.) Bullock ex I.Nogueira
- Leptactina arborescens (Welw. ex Benth. & Hook.f.) De Block
- Leptactina benguelensis (Welw. ex Benth. & Hook.f.) R.D.Good
- Leptactina congolana (Robbr.) De Block
- Leptactina deblockiae Neuba & Sonké
- Leptactina delagoensis K.Schum.
- Leptactina densiflora Hook.f.
- Leptactina epinyctios Bullock ex Verdc.
- Leptactina euclinioides K.Schum.
- Leptactina formosa K.Schum.
- Leptactina gloeocalyx K.Schum.
- Leptactina involucrata Hook.f.
- Leptactina latifolia K.Schum.
- Leptactina laurentiana Dewèvre
- Leptactina liebrechtsiana De Wild. & T.Durand
- Leptactina mannii Hook.f.
- Leptactina oxyloba K.Schum.
- Leptactina papalis (N.Hallé) De Block
- Leptactina papyrophloea Verdc.
- Leptactina platyphylla (Hiern) Wernham
- Leptactina polyneura K.Krause
- Leptactina pretrophylax K.Schum.
- Leptactina prostrata K.Schum.
- Leptactina pynaertii De Wild.
- Leptactina rheophytica Sonké & Neuba
- Leptactina senegambica Hook.f.
- Leptactina tessmannii K.Krause
References
- "Genus: Leptactina Hook. f." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
- ^ Leptactina Hook.f. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- Robbrecht, E., & De Block, P. (1999). The geofrutescent Leptactina Species (Rubiaceae, Pavetteae) of the'Flore d'Afrique Centrale'Area. Systematics and Geography of Plants, 125–133.
- "GRIN Species Records of Leptactina". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
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