Apocynaceae
Leptadenia
Leptadenia lanceolata

Leptadenia lanceolata subsp. meridionalis (Goyder) Goyder

First published in Kew Bull. 69(4)-9552: 1 (2014)
This subspecies is accepted
The native range of this subspecies is Tanzania. It is a climbing shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Apocynaceae (part 2), David Goyder, Timothy Harris, Siro Masinde, Ulrich Meve, Johan Venter. Flora of Tropical East Africa, 2012

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla lobe sinuses with minute, glabrous swellings at the mouth of the corolla tube; welldeveloped sublanate corona lobes absent.
Ecology
Brachystegia woodland on grey sandy soil; ± 1100 m
Note
This collection represents a very considerable range extension for the genus, as the remaining taxa in mainland Africa occur around the margins of the Sahara Desert and within the Flora area are restricted to northern Kenya and Uganda.
Distribution
Range: Not known elsewhere Flora districts: T4
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0