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Ledebouria floribunda (Baker) Jessop

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floribunda: with abundant flowers
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ledebouria floribunda (Baker) Jessop Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=114450
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Ledebouria floribunda

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

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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Ledebouria floribunda: Brief Summary

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

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