Englerophytum

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Englerophytum magalismontanum, Nelspruit.jpg
E. magalismontanum in South Africa
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Chrysophylloideae
Genus: Englerophytum
K.Krause
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Bequaertiodendron De Wild.
  • Boivinella Pierre ex Aubrév. & Pellegr. 1958, illegitimate homonym, not A.Camus 1925 (Boivinella in Poaceae)
  • Neoboivinella Aubrév. & Pellegr.
  • Pseudoboivinella Aubrév. & Pellegr.
  • Tisserantiodoxa Aubrév. & Pellegr.
  • Wildemaniodoxa Aubrév. & Pellegr.
  • Zeyherella (Engl.) Pierre ex Aubrév. & Pellegr.

Englerophytum is a group of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1914.[3][4]

Englerophytum consists primarily of trees. Their leaves are leathery with dense appressed hairs on the undersides.[2] The genus is widespread across tropical and southern Africa.[1] It is found in the countries of Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre and Zimbabwe.[5]

The genus name of Englerophytum is in honour of Adolf Engler (1844–1930), a German botanist,[6] and also; phytum, a Greek word meaning "plant".

Known species[]

[1]

  1. (De Wild.) Aubrév. & Pellegr. - Gabon, Zaïre
  2. L.Gaut. & O.Lachenaud - Gabon
  3. O.Lachenaud & L.Gaut. - Gabon
  4. (Engl.) L.Gaut. - Gabon, Zaïre
  5. (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) ined. - Gabon, Congo Republic
  6. (De Wild.) ined. - from Cameroon to Angola
  7. (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) ined. - Gabon, Congo Republic
  8. O.Lachenaud & L.Gaut. - Cameroon, Gabon
  9. (De Wild.) ined. - Gabon, Zaïre
  10. Englerophytum magalismontanum (Sond.) T.D.Penn. - Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Swaziland
  11. (Greves) ined. - Gabon, Congo Republic, Cabinda
  12. Englerophytum natalense (Sond.) T.D.Penn. - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Swaziland, Cape Province
  13. (S.Moore) T.D.Penn. - W + C Africa from Liberia to Kenya
  14. (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Aubrév. & Pellegr. - W + C Africa
  15. Englerophytum paludosum L.Gaut., Burgt & O.Lachenaud - Cameroon to Congo Republic
  16. (Troupin) ined. - Rwanda, Burundi
  17. Aubrév. - Gabon
  18. K.Krause - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo Republic
  19. Kenfack & L.Gaut. - Cameroon to Equatorial Guinea

Gallery[]

  • flower: 5 petals and 5 sepals
  • fruit: a berry containing 1 seed

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ a b Hyde, Mark; et al. "Englerophytum K.Krause". Flora of Zimbabwe. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  3. ^ Krause, Kurt. 1914. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 50(Suppl.): 343-348 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German, line drawings as illustrations
  4. ^ Tropicos, Englerophytum K. Krause
  5. ^ "Englerophytum K.Krause | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  6. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
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