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| genus = Leptosolena
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| parent_authority = [[Carl Borivoj Presl|C.Presl]]
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| species = haenkei
|regnum = [[Plantae]]
| authority = [[Carl Borivoj Presl|C.Presl]]
|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
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|unranked_classis = [[Monocots]]
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|unranked_ordo = [[Commelinids]]
*''Alpinia leptosolenia'' <small>K.Schum. ''in'' H.G.A.Engler</small>
|ordo = [[Zingiberales]]
*''Leptosolena insignis'' <small>Ridl</small>.
|familia = [[Zingiberaceae]]
|genus = '''''Leptosolena'''''
*''Leptosolena auriculata'' <small>Elmer</small>
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|genus_authority = [[C.Presl]]
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|species=''L. haenkei''
|binomial=''Leptosolena haenkei''
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|synonyms_ref=<ref name="adrian"/>
|synonyms=*''[[Alpinia leptosolenia]]'' <small>K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler</small>
*''[[Leptosolena insignis]]'' <small>Ridl</small>.
*''[[Leptosolena auriculata]]'' <small>Elmer</small>
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'''''Leptosolena''''' is a genus of plants in the [[Zingiberaceae]]. It has only one known species, '''''[[Leptosolena haenkei]]''''', [[endemic]] to the Island of [[Luzon]] in the [[Philippines]].<ref name="adrian">[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=252344 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>[http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/390750#page/127/mode/1up Presl, Carl Bořivoj. 1827. Reliquiae Haenkeanae 1(2): 111]</ref><ref>Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. </ref>
'''''Leptosolena''''' is a genus of plants in the [[Zingiberaceae]]. It has only one known species, '''''Leptosolena haenkei''''', [[endemic]] to the island of [[Luzon]] in the [[Philippines]].<ref name="adrian">[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=252344 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/390750#page/127/mode/1up Presl, Carl Bořivoj. 1827. Reliquiae Haenkeanae 1(2): 111]</ref><ref>Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.</ref>


==Discovery==
The species is very rare and thought to be extinct for many years until it was rediscovered in the wild in 2005.<ref>[http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110006318376 Funakoshi Hidenobu et al. 2005. Return from the Lost : Rediscovery of the Presumed Extinct ''Leptosolena'' (Zingiberaceae) in the Philippines and its Phylogenetic Placement in Gingers. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 56(1), 41-53]</ref>
The species was discovered in 1792 by the Czech traveller and botanist [[Thaddaeus Haenke]], member of the [[Malaspina Expedition]], the first ever scientific expedition to the Philippines. The boxes with collections of the expedition were sent to Europe by Haenke who stuck in Bolivia never to return home. In 1821 they were found partially rotting in Cadiz in Spain by members of the Czech National Museum, bought out, brought to Prague and organized, including the type specimen of Leptosolena.

The species was named by [[Karel Presl]], director of the Botanical Department of the Czech National Museum who organized the whole Haenke collection from the Malaspina expedition which made its way to Prague (15.000 specimen), while another part, deposited in Madrid herbarium is unknown now. The type specimen collected by Haenke personally in 1792 is deposited in the [[Czech Republic|Czech]] National Museum in [[Prague]],<ref>http://www.nm.cz/Prirodovedecke-muzeum/ Czech National Museum - Museum of Natural History, the owner of the type specimen</ref> which also donated some specimen to herbariums abroad like the [[Smithsonian]] in USA.

==Rare species==
The species is very rare. It was seen first and last time by Haenke in 1792. Since then it was thought to be extinct for 213 years until it was rediscovered in the wild in 2005 by the Japanese botanist Funakoshi Hidenobu.<ref>[http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110006318376 Funakoshi Hidenobu et al. 2005. Return from the Lost : Rediscovery of the Presumed Extinct ''Leptosolena'' (Zingiberaceae) in the Philippines and its Phylogenetic Placement in Gingers. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 56(1), 41-53]</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
== External links ==
*[http://botany.si.edu/zingiberales/genera/genuspage.cfm?mygenus=Leptosolena&myfamily=Zingiberaceae Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Genera in the Zingiberaceae, ''Leptosolena'']
* [http://botany.si.edu/zingiberales/genera/genuspage.cfm?mygenus=Leptosolena&myfamily=Zingiberaceae Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Genera in the Zingiberaceae, ''Leptosolena'']
*[http://phytoimages.siu.edu/taxpage/0/genus/Leptosolena.html Phytoimages ''Leptosolena'' (Zingiberaceae)] 14 photographs
* [http://phytoimages.siu.edu/taxpage/0/genus/Leptosolena.html Phytoimages ''Leptosolena'' (Zingiberaceae)] 14 photographs
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[[Category:Endemic flora of the Philippines]]
[[Category:Endemic flora of the Philippines]]
[[Category:Monotypic plant genera]]
[[Category:Flora of Luzon]]
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[[Category:Monotypic Zingiberales genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Carl Borivoj Presl]]
[[Category:Endangered flora of Asia]]


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Latest revision as of 14:00, 6 November 2023

Leptosolena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Zingiberales
Family: Zingiberaceae
Subfamily: Alpinioideae
Tribe: Alpinieae
Genus: Leptosolena
C.Presl
Species:
L. haenkei
Binomial name
Leptosolena haenkei
Synonyms[1]
  • Alpinia leptosolenia K.Schum. in H.G.A.Engler
  • Leptosolena insignis Ridl.
  • Leptosolena auriculata Elmer

Leptosolena is a genus of plants in the Zingiberaceae. It has only one known species, Leptosolena haenkei, endemic to the island of Luzon in the Philippines.[1][2][3]

Discovery

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The species was discovered in 1792 by the Czech traveller and botanist Thaddaeus Haenke, member of the Malaspina Expedition, the first ever scientific expedition to the Philippines. The boxes with collections of the expedition were sent to Europe by Haenke who stuck in Bolivia never to return home. In 1821 they were found partially rotting in Cadiz in Spain by members of the Czech National Museum, bought out, brought to Prague and organized, including the type specimen of Leptosolena.

The species was named by Karel Presl, director of the Botanical Department of the Czech National Museum who organized the whole Haenke collection from the Malaspina expedition which made its way to Prague (15.000 specimen), while another part, deposited in Madrid herbarium is unknown now. The type specimen collected by Haenke personally in 1792 is deposited in the Czech National Museum in Prague,[4] which also donated some specimen to herbariums abroad like the Smithsonian in USA.

Rare species

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The species is very rare. It was seen first and last time by Haenke in 1792. Since then it was thought to be extinct for 213 years until it was rediscovered in the wild in 2005 by the Japanese botanist Funakoshi Hidenobu.[5]

References

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