Englerodendron
Englerodendron is a small genus of legumes belonging to the family Fabaceae, that are native to tropical Africa.
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Detarioideae |
| Tribe: | Amherstieae |
| Genus: | Englerodendron Harms, 1907 |
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| Englerodendron usambarense Harms | |
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It is found in the countries of Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Congo, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Zaire.[4]
The genus name of Englerodendron is in honour of Adolf Engler (1844–1930), a German botanist,[5] and also; Dendron, a Greek word meaning "tree". It was first published and described in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.40 on page 27 in 1907.[4]
A recent study indicates that an early Miocene (Aquitanian) tropical moist forest from Ethiopia may represent a monodominant forest dominated by a prehistoric species of Englerodendron, Englerodendron mulugetanum.[6]
Species
It contains the following species:[3][7][6]
- Englerodendron brachyrhachis (Breteler) Estrella & Ojeda
- Englerodendron conchyliophorum (Pellegr.) Breteler
- Englerodendron explicans (Baill.) Estrella & Ojeda
- Englerodendron gabunense (J.Léonard) Breteler
- Englerodendron graciliflorum (Harms) Estrella & Ojeda
- Englerodendron hallei (Aubrév.) Estrella & Ojeda
- Englerodendron isopetalum (Harms) Breteler & Wieringa
- Englerodendron korupense Burgt
- Englerodendron lebrunii (J.Léonard) Estrella & Ojeda
- Englerodendron leptorrhachis (Harms) Estrella & Ojeda
- Englerodendron macranthum (J.Léonard) Lachenaud, 2022
- Englerodendron mengei (De Wild.) Estrella & Ojeda
- † Englerodendron mulugetanum Pan, Jacobs, Bush, Estrella, Grímsson, Herendeen, Burgt et Currano, 2023 - extinct
- Englerodendron nguemae Lachenaud & Bidault, 2022
- Englerodendron nigericum (Baker f.) Estrella & Ojeda
- Englerodendron obanense (Baker f.) Estrella & Ojeda
- Englerodendron sargosii Pellegr.
- Englerodendron triplisomere (Pellegr.) Estrella & Ojeda
- Englerodendron usambarense Harms
- Englerodendron vignei (Hoyle) Estrella & Ojeda
Phylogeny
The following relationships have been suggested for the genus Englerodendron:[3]
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References
- Breteler FJ. (2008). "Anthonotha and Isomacrolobium (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae): Two distinct genera". Systematics and Geography of Plants. 78 (2): 137–144. JSTOR 20649759.
- Ojeda DI, Koenen E, Cervantes S, de la Estrella M, Banguera-Hinestroza E, Janssens SB, Migliore J, Demenou B, Bruneau A, Forest F, Hardy OJ (2019). "Phylogenomic analyses reveal an exceptionally high number of evolutionary shifts in a florally diverse clade of African legumes". Mol Phylogenet Evol. 137: 156–167. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.05.002. PMID 31075505.
- de la Estrella M, Wieringa JJ, Breteler FJ, Ojeda DI (2019). "Re-evaluation of the genus Englerodendron (Leguminosae–Detarioideae), including Isomacrolobium and Pseudomacrolobium". Aust Syst Bot. 32 (6): 564–571. doi:10.1071/SB18075. S2CID 204811104.
- "Englerodendron Harms | 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.
- Pan, Aaron D.; Jacobs, Bonnie F.; Bush, Rosemary T.; Estrella, Manuel de la; Grímsson, Friðgeir; Herendeen, Patrick S.; Burgt, Xander M. van der; Currano, Ellen D. (2023-01-11). "First evidence of a monodominant (Englerodendron, Amherstieae, Detarioideae, Leguminosae) tropical moist forest from the early Miocene (21.73 Ma) of Ethiopia". PLOS ONE. 18 (1): e0279491. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0279491. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 9833558. PMID 36630378.
- Lachenaud, Olivier; Bidault, Ehoarn (2022-03-30). "New and little-known species of Englerodendron (Leguminosae-Detarioideae) from Central Africa, with a revised key to the genus". Plant Ecology and Evolution. 155 (1): 153–164. doi:10.5091/plecevo.84547. ISSN 2032-3921.