Donella (plant) explained
Donella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapotaceae.[1]
Its wide native range extends from tropical and subtropical Old World to northern Queensland. It is found in (listed alphabetically) Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, China, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Java, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nigeria, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Solomon Island, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Its genus name of Donella, is in honour of George Don (1798–1856), a Scottish botanist and plant collector,[2] and it was published in Hist. Pl. Vol.11 o page 294 in 1891.
Species
Known species:
- Donella ambrensis – northern Madagascar
- Donella analalavensis – northwestern and northern Madagascar
- Donella bangweolensis – Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and Tanzania
- Donella capuronii – northeastern Madagascar
- Donella delphinensis – eastern Madagascar
- Donella fenerivensis – northeastern Madagascar
- Donella guereliana – western and northern Madagascar
- Donella humbertii – western and north-central Madagascar
- Donella lanceolata – northern and eastern Madagascar
- Donella masoalensis – northeastern Madagascar
- Donella ogoouensis – Gabon
- Donella perrieri – Madagascar
- Donella pruniformis – western and central Africa to Uganda
- Donella ranirisonii – northeastern Madagascar
- Donella ubangiensis – western and central Africa to Uganda
- Donella viridifolia – KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini, Mozambique, Malawi, and Kenya
- Donella welwitschii – western and central Africa to Angola and Zambia
Notes and References
- Web site: Donella Pierre ex Baill. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 17 May 2021 . en.
- Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 187926901 . 1 January 2021.
