Leptadenia
Leptadenia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. It is native to Africa, including Madagascar, as well as southwest Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and Indochina.
Species
Nine species are accepted.- Leptadenia albida – southwestern Angola, Namibia, and northwestern Cape Provinces
- Leptadenia arborea Schweinf. – Sahara, Sahel, and Arabian Peninsula
- Leptadenia gossweileri – southern Angola
- Leptadenia jasminiflora – southern Democratic Republic of the Congo to South Africa
- Leptadenia lanceolata Goyder – North Africa and western and eastern tropical Africa
- Leptadenia madagascariensis Decne. – Madagascar
- Leptadenia pyrotechnica Decne. – widespread from Algeria to India
- Leptadenia reticulata Wight & Arn. – Indian Subcontinent, Myanmar, and Cambodia
- Leptadenia viminea – western and central Himalayas and India
transferred to other genera
- Leptadenia elliptica Blume synonym of Genianthus ellipticus Bakh. f.
- Leptadenia visciformis Vatke synonym of Periploca visciformis K. Schum.