Englerodendron

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Detarioideae
Tribus: Amherstieae
Genus: Englerodendron
Species: E. conchyliophorum – E. gabunense – E. korupense – E. sargosii – E. usambarense
Name

Englerodendron Harms Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40(1): 27–30, f. 2. (1907)

Type species: Englerodendron usambarense Harms Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40(1): 28–30, f. 2. (1907)

References

Harms, H.A.T. 1907. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 40(1): 27–30, f. 2. BHL
Breteler, F.J. 2006. Novitates Gabonenses 56. Two Anthonotha species from Gabon transferred to Englerodendron (Fabaceae, Caesalpinioideae). Adansonia, 28(1): 105–111. Full text PDF
van der Burgt, X.M., Eyakwe, M.B. & Newbery, D.M. 2007. Englerodendron korupense (Fabaceae, Caesalpinioideae), a new tree species from Korup National Park, Cameroon. Adansonia, 29(1), pp.59-65. Full text PDF
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Englerodendron. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 20 2016. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2016. Englerodendron. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Feb. 2016. Reference page.

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

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]

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. Bibcode:2019MolPE.137..156O. 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. hdl:11250/2651337. 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. Bibcode:2023PLoSO..1879491P. 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.