Leuenbergeria
Leuenbergeria is a genus of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to East Brazil. It was first described in 2012 by Joël Lodé.
''Taxonomy
Joël Lodé created the genus Leuenbergeria in 2012. Leuenbergeria was previously placed in a broadly defined genus Pereskia. Molecular phylogenetic studies suggested that there were two clades within the genus, Clade A, now Leuenbergeria, and Clade B, a more tightly circumscribed Pereskia.Species
, Plants of the World Online accepted eight species:
- Leuenbergeria aureiflora Lodé
- Leuenbergeria bleo Lodé
- Leuenbergeria guamacho Lodé
- Leuenbergeria lychnidiflora Lodé
- Leuenbergeria marcanoi Lodé
- Leuenbergeria portulacifolia Lodé
- Leuenbergeria quisqueyana Lodé
- Leuenbergeria zinniiflora Lodé
