Ledebouria floribunda

Ledebouria floribunda is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family.[1] It is found in Africa.

Ledebouria floribunda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Scilloideae
Genus:	Ledebouria
Species:	L. floribunda
Binomial name
Ledebouria floribunda (Baker) Jessop
Synonyms
Drimia pendula Burch. ex Baker Scilla floribunda Baker Scilla lauta N.E.Br. Scilla pendula Baker Scilla polyantha Baker Scilla princeps Baker Scilla subsecunda Baker

Uses

The homoisoflavanones 7-O-α-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→6)-β-glucopiranosyl-5-hydroxy-3-(4-methoxybenzyl)-chroman-4-one, 7-O-α-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→6)-β-glucopiranosyl-5-hydroxy-3-(4′-hydroxybenzyl)-chroman-4-one, 5,7-dihydroxy-3-(4′-methoxybenzyl)-chroman-4-one (3,9-dihidroeucomin), 5,7-dihydroxy-6-methoxy-3-(4′-methoxybenzyl)-chroman-4-one, 5,7-dihydroxy 3-(4′-hydroxybenzyl)-chroman-4-one (4,4′-demethyl-3,9-dihydropuctatin), 5,7-dihydroxy-3-(4′-hydroxybenzyl)-6-methoxy-chroman-4-one (3,9-dihydroeucomnalin) and 7-hydroxy-3-(4′-hydroxybenzyl)-5-methoxy-chroman-4-one can be isolated from the bulbs of L. floribunda.[2]

Etymology

Ledebouria is named for Carl Friedrich von Ledebour (1785-1851),[3] a botanist who published, among other things, the first complete Russian flora. [4]

References

1. "Ledebouria floribunda (Baker) Jessop". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
2. Homoisoflavanones from Ledebouria floribunda. María Isabel Calvo, Fitoterapia, March 2009, Volume 80, Issue 2, Pages 96–101, doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2008.10.006
3. Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). pp 232
4. "Flora Rossica". Biodiversity Library. Biodiversity Heritage Library. 1842. Retrieved 4 July 2018.

• Journal of South African Botany. Kirstenbosch 36:251. 1970

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