Leucosidea

Taxobox
name = "Leucosidea sericea"

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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Rosaceae
subfamilia = Rosoideae
tribus = Sanguisorbeae
subtribus= Agrimoniinae
genus = "Leucosidea"
genus_authority = Eckl. & Zeyh.
species = "L. sericea"
binomial = "Leucosidea sericea"
binomial_authority = Eckl. & Zeyh.

"Leucosidea sericea", commonly known as Oldwood, is a species of evergreen tree and large shrub native to the Afromontane regions of Southern Africa. It is the sole species of genus "Leucosidea".

"L. sericea" can be found above 1000 meters elevation in the highlands of South Africa (Eastern Cape, western KwaZulu-Natal, eastern Free State, North West, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, and Limpopo provinces), Lesotho, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.

References and external links

* [http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=125420 "Leucosidea sericea" (Flora of Zimbabwe)]
* [http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantklm/leucosidseri.htm "Leucosidea sericea" (PlantZAfrica.com)]