Englerodendron

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

Englerodendron
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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
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

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It contains the following species:[3][7][6]

Phylogeny

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The following relationships have been suggested for the genus Englerodendron:[3]

References

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  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. Bibcode:2019MolPE.137..156O. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.05.002. PMID 31075505.
  3. ^ a b c 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. hdl:11250/2651337. S2CID 204811104.
  4. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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. Bibcode:2023PLoSO..1879491P. 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.