Ledermanniella

Ledermanniella is a genus of flowering plants in the family Podostemaceae. It includes 28 species^[1] all native to tropical Africa.^[2]

Ledermanniella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Podostemaceae
Genus:	Ledermanniella Engl. (1909)
Species[1]
28; see text
Synonyms[1]
Monandriella Engl. (1926)

The genus name of Ledermanniella is in honour of Carl Ludwig Ledermann (1875-1958), who was a Swiss botanist and horticultural expert.^[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. vol.43 (Issue 4) on page 378 in 1909.

Species

28 species are accepted.^[1]

• Ledermanniella aloides (Engl.) C.Cusset
• Ledermanniella batangensis (Engl.) C.Cusset
• Ledermanniella bifurcata (Engl.) C.Cusset
• Ledermanniella boloensis C.Cusset
• Ledermanniella bowlingii (J.B.Hall) C.Cusset
• Ledermanniella guineensis C.Cusset
• Ledermanniella jaegeri C.Cusset
• Ledermanniella keayi (G.Taylor) C.Cusset
• Ledermanniella letestui (Pellegr.) C.Cusset
• Ledermanniella letouzeyi C.Cusset
• Ledermanniella linearifolia Engl.
• Ledermanniella lunda Cheek
• Ledermanniella maturiniana Beentje
• Ledermanniella minutissima C.Cusset
• Ledermanniella monandra C.Cusset
• Ledermanniella musciformis (G.Taylor) C.Cusset
• Ledermanniella onanae Cheek
• Ledermanniella pollardiana Cheek & Ameka
• Ledermanniella prasina J.J.Schenk & D.W.Thomas
• Ledermanniella pusilla (Warm.) C.Cusset
• Ledermanniella ramosissima Hauman ex C.Cusset
• Ledermanniella raynaliorum C.Cusset
• Ledermanniella sanagaensis C.Cusset
• Ledermanniella schlechteri (Engl.) C.Cusset
• Ledermanniella tenuifolia (G.Taylor) C.Cusset
• Ledermanniella thalloidea (Engl.) C.Cusset
• Ledermanniella variabilis (G.Taylor) C.Cusset
• Ledermanniella yiben Cheek