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Genus of flowering plants
Loeseneriella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae.[1] The name is in honour of Ludwig Eduard Theodor Loesener (1865–1941), a German botanist who collected widely in the field in Germany and did much work on the Celastaceae.[2][3]: 439 It was first described and published in the American Journal of Botany in 1941.[1][3]: 438
Distribution
The native range of Loeseneriella is tropical and subtropical Old World, in these areas:[1]
- Africa – Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nigeria, Niger, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierre Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe; also the islands of Comoros and Madagascar
- Indian Subcontinent – Assam, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
- Indo-China – Andaman Is., Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand, Vietnam
- East Asia – China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan,
- Malesia – Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera
- Papuasia – Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Is.
- Australia – New South Wales, Queensland
- Western Pacific – Caroline Is., Vanuatu
Accepted species
As of November 2024[update], Plants of the World Online accepts the following 29 species:[1]
References
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