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Leptactina
Sign in to saveLeptactina 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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyRubiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 288
- With media
- 161
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Collections
- NY, A, MO, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Cameroon, Liberia, Tanzania, Ghana, Gabon, Zambia
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- Parent taxon
- Rubiaceae
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- Leptactina delagoensis subsp. delagoensis 1DS-II 3-2689.jpg
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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 Leptactina arborescens Leptactina benguelensis Leptactina congolana Leptactina deblockiae Leptactina delagoensis Leptactina densiflora Hook.f. Leptactina epinyctios Leptactina euclinioides Leptactina formosa Leptactina gloeocalyx Leptactina involucrata Leptactina latifolia Leptactina laurentiana Leptactina liebrechtsiana Leptactina mannii Leptactina oxyloba Leptactina papalis Leptactina papyrophloea Verdc. Leptactina platyphylla Leptactina polyneura Leptactina pretrophylax Leptactina prostrata Leptactina pynaertii Leptactina rheophytica Leptactina senegambica Hook.f. Leptactina tessmannii
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