Leiboldia

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Leiboldia

Genus of flowering plants

Leiboldia is a genus of flowering plants belonging the family Asteraceae.[1] It is also in the tribe Vernonieae.[2]

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It is native to Mexico.

The genus name of Leiboldia is in honour of Friedrich Ernst Leibold (1804–1864), a German gardener and botanical collector.[3] It was first described and published in Linnaea Vol.19 on page 742 in 1847.[1]

Known species

According to Kew;

  • Leiboldia guerreroana (S.B.Jones) H.Rob.
  • Leiboldia serrata Gleason

References

  1. [1]
    "Leiboldia Schltdl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  2. [2]
    Redonda-Martínez, Rosario; Villaseñor, José Luis (March 2014). "Stramentopappus congestiflorus (Asteraceae: Vernonieae: Leiboldiinae) a new species from Oaxaca, Mexico". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 85 (1): 1–8.
  3. [3]
    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.
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