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