Genus of flowering plants in the spurge family Euphorbiacea
Leidesia is a monotypic plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1866.[2][3] The sole species is Leidesia procumbens. The species is widespread in Southern Africa as far north as Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]
The genus name of Leidesia is in honour of Carl Friedrich Seidel (d. 1898), a German painter and botanist, and/or Jacob Friedrich Seidel (1789–1860), a German gardener, and/or Johann Heinrich Seidel (1744–1815), a German court gardener.[4]
- Species formerly included,[1]
moved to Seidelia
- Leidesia firmula Prain - Seidelia firmula (Prain) Pax & K.Hoffm.
References
- ^ a b c World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Müller Argoviensis, Johannes (Jean). 1866. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 15(2): 792 in Latin
- ^ Tropicos, genus Leidesia
- ^ 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.
