Leptosolena
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| Genus: | Leptosolena |
| Species: | L. haenkei
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| Leptosolena haenkei | |
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| Leptosolena haenkei | |
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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.[1][2][3]
The species is very rare and thought to be extinct for many years until it was rediscovered in the wild in 2005.[4]
References
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Presl, Carl Bořivoj. 1827. Reliquiae Haenkeanae 1(2): 111
- ^ Govaerts, R. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ 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