Ledebouria insularis

Ledebouria insularis is a species of plant that is endemic to Samhah, one of the islands of Socotra, part of Yemen.[1]

Ledebouria insularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Scilloideae
Genus: Ledebouria
Species:
L. insularis
Binomial name
Ledebouria insularis
A.G.Mill.

Etymology

Ledebouria is named for Carl Friedrich von Ledebour (1785-1851),[2] a botanist who published, among other things, the first complete Russian flora. [3]

Sources

  1. Miller, A. 2004. Ledebouria insularis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004. Downloaded on 10 September 2015.
  2. Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). pp 232
  3. "Flora Rossica". Biodiversity Library. Biodiversity Heritage Library. 1842. Retrieved 4 July 2018.


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