Ledebouria

Ledebouria
Silver Squill, Ledebouria socialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
clade:	Angiosperms
clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Scilloideae
Genus:	Ledebouria

Ledebouria is a genus of African bulbous perennial herbs in the Asparagus family, Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. Most members were previously part of the genus Scilla. A number of species are grown by cacti and succulent enthusiasts for their patterned leaves.

Species

• Ledebouria atrobrunnea S.Venter
• Ledebouria botryoides (Baker) J. C. Manning & Goldblatt
• Ledebouria camerooniana (Baker) Speta
• Ledebouria concolor (Baker) Jessop
• Ledebouria cooperi (Hook. f.) Jessop
• Ledebouria cordifolia (Baker) Stedje & Thulin
• Ledebouria crispa S.Venter
• Ledebouria cryptopoda (Baker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
• Ledebouria dolomiticola S.Venter
• Ledebouria edulis (Engl.) Stedje
• Ledebouria ensifolia (Eckl.) S.Venter & T.J.Edwards
• Ledebouria floribunda (Baker) Jessop
• Ledebouria galpinii (Baker) S.Venter & T.J.Edwards
• Ledebouria graminifolia (Baker) Jessop
• Ledebouria grandifolia (Balf.f.) A.G.Mill. & D.Alexander
• Ledebouria humifusa (Baker) J. C. Manning & Goldblatt
• Ledebouria hypoxidioides (Schönland) Jessop
• Ledebouria inquinata (C. A. Sm.) Jessop
• Ledebouria insularis A.G.Mill.
• Ledebouria kirkii (Baker) Stedje & Thulin
• Ledebouria lilacina (Fenzl ex Kunth) Speta
• Ledebouria luteola Jessop
• Ledebouria macowanii (Baker) S.Venter
• Ledebouria maesta (Baker) Speta
• Ledebouria marginata (Baker) Jessop
• Ledebouria minima
• Ledebouria mokobulanensis A.J.Hankey and T.J.Edwards
• Ledebouria ovalifolia (Schrad.) Jessop
• Ledebouria ovatifolia (Baker) Jessop
• Ledebouria parvifolia S.Venter
• Ledebouria pauciflora
• Ledebouria revoluta (L. f.) Jessop
• Ledebouria sandersonii (Baker) S.Venter & T.J.Edwards
• Ledebouria scabrida Jessop
• Ledebouria socialis (Baker) Jessop
• Ledebouria somaliensis (Baker) Stedje & Thulin
• Ledebouria undulata (Jacq.) Jessop
• Ledebouria urceolata Stedje
• Ledebouria viscosa Jessop
• Ledebouria zambesiaca (Baker) Speta

References

Ledebouria minima

• WikiSpecies entry
• USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Encyclopedia of Life
• Pacific Bulb Society
• Manning, J. C. et al. 2004. A revised generic synopsis of Hyacinthaceae in sub-Saharan Africa, based on molecular evidence, including new combinations and the new tribe Pseudoprospereae. Edinburgh J. Bot. 60:533–568.
• Stedje, B. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships and generic delimitation of sub-Saharan Scilla (Hyacinthaceae) and allied African genera as inferred from morphological and DNA sequence data. Pl. Syst. Evol. 211:1–11.
• Venter, S. & V. J. Edwards. 1998. A revision of Ledebouria (Hyacinthaceae) in South Africa. 1. Two new species. Bothalia 28:15–17.
• Venter, S. & V. J. Edwards. 1998. A revision of Ledebouria (Hyacinthaceae) in South Africa. 2. Two new species, L. crispa and L. parvifolia, and L. macowanii re-instated. Bothalia 28:179–182.
• A.J. Hankeya and T.J. Edwards. Ledebouria mokobulanensis A.J.Hankey and T.J.Edwards (Hyacinthaceae) a new species from the high altitude grasslands of Mpumalanga. South African Journal of Botany, Volume 74, Issue 2, April 2008, Pages 214-217.