Leplaea

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Meliaceae
Subfamilia: Melioideae
Tribus: Guareeae
Genus: Leplaea
Species: L. adenopunctata – L. cauliflora – L. cedrata – L. laurentii – L. mangenotiana – L. mayombensis – L. thompsonii
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Leplaea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 April 22. Reference page.

Name

Leplaea Vermoesen, Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 9. Suppl. Bot. 61, 62. (1921) emend. Koenen & de Wilde, (2012)

Type species:: Leplaea mayombensis (Pellegr.) Staner, Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 16: 204. (1941) originally designated as synonym Leplaea coalescens Vermoesen, Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 9 Suppl. Bot. 64 (1921)

References
Primary references

Vermoesen, C. 1921. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 9. Suppl. Bot. 61, 62.
Koenen, E.J. & de Wilde, J.J. 2012. A taxonomic revision of the reinstated genus Leplaea and the newly recognized genus Neoguarea (Meliaceae, Sapindales): the exclusion of Guarea from Africa. Plant Ecology and Evolution 145(2): 209-241. DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2012.656 Open access Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Leplaea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan. 31. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Leplaea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jan. 31. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Leplaea. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 31 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Leplaea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Jan. 2021.

Leplaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Meliaceae.[1]

Its native range is western Tropical Africa to Uganda. It is found in Cabinda Province (of Angola), Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zaïre.[1]

The genus name of Leplaea is in honour of Edmond Leplae (1868–1941), a Belgian agricultural engineer, professor of agriculture in Liège.[2] It was first described and published in Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines Vol.9 (Suppl. Bot.) on page 61 in 1921.[1]
Known species

According to Kew:[1]

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

References

"Leplaea Vermoesen | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.