Ledebouria floribunda
Ledebouria floribunda is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family. It a bulbous geophyte native to South Africa, Eswatini, and Lesotho.[1]
| 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 | |
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Drimia pendula Burch. ex 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
- "Ledebouria floribunda (Baker) Jessop". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
- 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
- Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). pp 232
- "Flora Rossica". Biodiversity Library. Biodiversity Heritage Library. 1842. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- Journal of South African Botany. Kirstenbosch 36:251. 1970