Donella (plant)

Donella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Sapotaceae
Genus:	Donella; Pierre ex Baill.

Donella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapotaceae.^[1]

Its wide native range extends from tropical and subtropical Old World to northern Queensland. It is found in (listed alphabetically) Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, China, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Java, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nigeria, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaire and Zimbabwe.^[1]

Its genus name of Donella, is in honour of George Don (1798–1856), a Scottish botanist and plant collector,^[2] and it was published in Hist. Pl. Vol.11 o page 294 in 1891.^[1]

Species[]

Known species:^[1]

Aubrév.
Aubrév.
(R.E.Fr. & Pellegr.) Mackinder
(G.E.Schatz & L.Gaut.) Mackinder & L.Gaut.
Aubrév.
Aubrév.
(Aubrév.) Mackinder
Capuron ex Mackinder & L.Gaut.
Donella lanceolata (Blume) Aubrév.
Aubrév.
(A.Chev.) Aubrév. & Pellegr.
Lecomte
(Engl.) Pierre ex Engl.
L.Gaut. & Mackinder
(De Wild.) Aubrév.
(J.M.Wood & Franks) Aubrév. & Pellegr.
(Engl.) Pierre ex Engl.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Donella Pierre ex Baill. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[POWO-1] "Donella Pierre ex Baill. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 May 2021.

[2] Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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