Englerodendron Explained

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.^[1]

The genus name of Englerodendron is in honour of Adolf Engler (1844–1930), a German botanist,^[2] 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.^[1]

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.^[3]

Species

It contains the following species:^[4]

• 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:

Notes and References

1. Web site: Englerodendron Harms Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 8 September 2021 . en.
2. Book: Quattrocchi, Umberto . CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L . CRC Press . Boca Raton, Florida . 2000 . 978-0-8493-2676-9 .
3. 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 . en . 18 . 1 . e0279491 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0279491 . 1932-6203 . 9833558 . 36630378. free . 2023PLoSO..1879491P .
4. 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 . en . 155 . 1 . 153–164 . 10.5091/plecevo.84547 . 2032-3921. free .