Englerophytum

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

Milkplums
E. magalismontanum in South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Chrysophylloideae
Genus: Englerophytum
K.Krause
  Approximate range of genus
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 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, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa ( KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Province and Northern Provinces) Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia 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".

Species

The genus contains the following species:[1]

  1. Englerophytum congolense (De Wild.) Aubrév. & Pellegr. — Gabon, DRC
  2. Englerophytum ferrugineum L.Gaut. & O.Lachenaud — Gabon
  3. Englerophytum gigantifolium O.Lachenaud & L.Gaut. — Gabon
  4. Englerophytum iturense (Engl.) L.Gaut. — Gabon, DRC
  5. Englerophytum koulamoutouense (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) ined. — Gabon, Republic of Congo
  6. Englerophytum laurentii (De Wild.) ined. — from Cameroon to Angola
  7. Englerophytum le-testui (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) ined. — Gabon, Republic of Congo
  8. Englerophytum libenii O.Lachenaud & L.Gaut. — Cameroon, Gabon
  9. Englerophytum longipedicellatum (De Wild.) ined. — Gabon, DRC
  10. Englerophytum magalismontanum (Sond.) T.D.Penn. — Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Eswatini
  11. Englerophytum mayumbense (Greves) ined. — Gabon, Republic of Congo, Angola (Cabinda)
  12. Englerophytum natalense (Sond.) T.D.Penn. — Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Eswatini, Cape Province
  13. Englerophytum oblanceolatum (S.Moore) T.D.Penn. — W + C Africa from Liberia to Kenya
  14. Englerophytum oubanguiense (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Aubrév. & Pellegr. — W + C Africa
  15. Englerophytum paludosum L.Gaut., Burgt & O.Lachenaud — Cameroon to Republic of Congo
  16. Englerophytum rwandense (Troupin) ined. — Rwanda, Burundi
  17. Englerophytum somiferanum Aubrév. — Gabon
  18. Englerophytum stelechantha K.Krause — Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo
  19. Englerophytum sylverianum Kenfack & L.Gaut. — Cameroon to Equatorial Guinea
  • flower: 5 petals and 5 sepals
    flower: 5 petals and 5 sepals
  • fruit: a berry containing 1 seed
    fruit: a berry containing 1 seed

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 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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