Genus of legumes
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]
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 .
^ 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 .
^ a b "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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
Englerodendron Isomacrolobium Pseudomacrolobium