Englerophytum
Milkplums | |
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E. magalismontanum in South Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Sapotaceae |
Subfamily: | Chrysophylloideae |
Genus: | Englerophytum K.Krause |
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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[]
- (De Wild.) Aubrév. & Pellegr. - Gabon, Zaïre
- L.Gaut. & O.Lachenaud - Gabon
- O.Lachenaud & L.Gaut. - Gabon
- (Engl.) L.Gaut. - Gabon, Zaïre
- (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) ined. - Gabon, Congo Republic
- (De Wild.) ined. - from Cameroon to Angola
- (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) ined. - Gabon, Congo Republic
- O.Lachenaud & L.Gaut. - Cameroon, Gabon
- (De Wild.) ined. - Gabon, Zaïre
- Englerophytum magalismontanum (Sond.) T.D.Penn. - Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Swaziland
- (Greves) ined. - Gabon, Congo Republic, Cabinda
- Englerophytum natalense (Sond.) T.D.Penn. - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Swaziland, Cape Province
- (S.Moore) T.D.Penn. - W + C Africa from Liberia to Kenya
- (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Aubrév. & Pellegr. - W + C Africa
- Englerophytum paludosum L.Gaut., Burgt & O.Lachenaud - Cameroon to Congo Republic
- (Troupin) ined. - Rwanda, Burundi
- Aubrév. - Gabon
- K.Krause - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo Republic
- Kenfack & L.Gaut. - Cameroon to Equatorial Guinea
Gallery[]
flower: 5 petals and 5 sepals fruit: a berry containing 1 seed
References[]
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b Hyde, Mark; et al. "Englerophytum K.Krause". Flora of Zimbabwe. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ Krause, Kurt. 1914. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 50(Suppl.): 343-348 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German, line drawings as illustrations
- ^ Tropicos, Englerophytum K. Krause
- ^ "Englerophytum K.Krause | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
- Englerophytum
- Sapotaceae genera
- Plants described in 1914
- Flora of Peru