Englerodendron

Englerodendron is a small genus of legumes belonging to the family Fabaceae, that are native to tropical Africa.

Englerodendron
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Detarioideae
Tribe: Amherstieae
Genus: Englerodendron
Harms, 1907
Type species
Englerodendron usambarense
Harms
Species

17; see text

Synonyms[1][2][3]
  • Isomacrolobium Aubrév. & Pellegr.
  • Leonardendron Aubrév
  • Pseudomacrolobium Hauman
  • Triplisomeris Aubrév. & Pellegr.

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]

Anthonotha (outgroup)

Englerodendron

Englerodendron explicans

Englerodendron vignei

Englerodendron obanense

Englerodendron conchyliophorum

Englerodendron isopetalum

Englerodendron nigericum

Englerodendron leptorrhachis

Englerodendron brachyrhachis

Englerodendron triplisomere

Englerodendron mengei

Englerodendron usambarense

Englerodendron lebrunii

Englerodendron gabunense

Englerodendron graciliflorum

Englerodendron korupense

References

  1. Breteler FJ. (2008). "Anthonotha and Isomacrolobium (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae): Two distinct genera". Systematics and Geography of Plants. 78 (2): 137–144. JSTOR 20649759.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. "Englerodendron Harms | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  5. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
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