- Source: Englerodendron
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.
The genus name of Englerodendron is in honour of Adolf Engler (1844–1930), a German botanist, 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.
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.
Species
It contains the following species:
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: