''Lefebvrea'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s belonging to the family
Apiaceae
Apiaceae () or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus ''Apium,'' and commonly known as the celery, carrot, or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers. It is the 16th-largest family of flowering p ...
.
Its native range is tropical and southern Africa. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DRC, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa (Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal and the Northern Provinces), Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
The genus name of ''Lefebvrea'' is in honour of Charlemagne Théophile Lefebvre (1811–1860), a French naval officer and explorer, that took part in a scientific expedition in
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...
.
It was first described and published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér.2, Vol.14 on page 260 in 1840.
Species
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Plants of the World Online
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History
Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ...
accepted the following species:
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Lefebvrea abyssinica''
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Lefebvrea angustisecta''
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Lefebvrea atropurpurea
''Lefebvrea'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.
Its native range is tropical and southern Africa. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DRC, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Keny ...
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Lefebvrea brachystyla''
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Lefebvrea droopii''
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Lefebvrea grantii''
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Lefebvrea longipedicellata''
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Lefebvrea oblongisecta''
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Lefebvrea stenosperma''
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Lefebvrea tenuis''
References
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Apioideae
Apioideae genera