Leptadenia

Leptadenia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810.^[2][3] It is native to Africa, including Madagascar, as well as southwest Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, and Indochina.^[4][5][6][7]

Leptadenia
Leptadenia pyrotechnica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Subfamily:	Asclepiadoideae
Tribe:	Ceropegieae
Genus:	Leptadenia R.Br.
Synonyms[1]
Barrowia Decne. Curinila Schult. Curnilia Raf. Orthanthera Wight Reinera Dennst.

Species

Nine species are accepted.^[1]

• Leptadenia albida (Schinz) Bruyns – southwestern Angola, Namibia, and northwestern Cape Provinces
• Leptadenia arborea (Forssk.) Schweinf. – Sahara, Sahel, and Arabian Peninsula
• Leptadenia gossweileri (C.Norman) Bruyns – southern Angola
• Leptadenia jasminiflora (Decne.) Bruyns – southern Democratic Republic of the Congo to South Africa
• Leptadenia lanceolata (Poir.) Goyder – North Africa and western and eastern tropical Africa
• Leptadenia madagascariensis Decne. – Madagascar
• Leptadenia pyrotechnica (Forssk.) Decne. – widespread from Algeria to India
• Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) Wight & Arn. – Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, and Cambodia
• Leptadenia viminea (Wight) Bruyns – western and central Himalayas and India

formerly included^[8]

transferred to other genera (Genianthus, Periploca)

1. Leptadenia elliptica Blume synonym of Genianthus ellipticus (Blume) Bakh. f.
2. Leptadenia visciformis Vatke synonym of Periploca visciformis (Vatke) K. Schum.