Leptolaena

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Leptolaena multiflora.jpg |image_caption = ''Leptolaena multiflora'' |taxon = Leptolaena |authority = Thouars (1805) |synonyms = ''Leptochlaena'' {{small|Spreng. (1830), orth. var.}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name=powo>{{cite web |title=''Leptolaena'' Thouars |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:7032-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=20 September 2024}}</ref> }}

'''''Leptolaena''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sarcolaenaceae. There are 9 species,<ref name = powo/> all native to Madagascar.<ref name=schatz>Schatz, G. E., Lowry, P. P., & Wolf, A. E. (2001). [http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/a2001n2a1.pdf Endemic families of Madagascar: 7. A synoptic revision of ''Leptolaena'' Thouars sensu stricto (Sarcolaenaceae).] ''Adansonia'', 23(2), 171-189.</ref>

==Species== Nine species are accepted.<ref name = powo/>

* ''Leptolaena abrahamii'' {{small|G.E.Schatz & Lowry}} * ''Leptolaena arenaria'' {{small|(F.Gérard) Cavaco}} * ''Leptolaena cuspidata'' {{small|Baker}} * ''Leptolaena delphinensis'' {{small|G.E.Schatz & Lowry}} * ''Leptolaena gautieri'' {{small|G.E.Schatz & Lowry}} * ''Leptolaena masoalensis'' {{small|G.E.Schatz & Lowry}} * ''Leptolaena multiflora'' {{small|Thouars}} * ''Leptolaena pauciflora'' {{small|Baker}} * ''Leptolaena raymondii'' {{small|G.E.Schatz & Lowry}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Leptolaena Category:Malvales genera Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Endemic flora of Madagascar Category:Taxa described in 1805 Category:Taxa named by Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars