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Milkplums
E. magalismontanum in South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Chrysophylloideae
Genus: Englerophytum
K.Krause
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Bequaertiodendron De Wild.
  • Boivinella Pierre ex Aubrév. & Pellegr. 1958, illegitimate homonym, not A.Camus 1925 (Boivinella in Poaceae)
  • Neoboivinella Aubrév. & Pellegr.
  • Pseudoboivinella Aubrév. & Pellegr.
  • Tisserantiodoxa Aubrév. & Pellegr.
  • Wildemaniodoxa Aubrév. & Pellegr.
  • Zeyherella (Engl.) Pierre ex Aubrév. & Pellegr.

Englerophytum is a group of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1914.[3][4]

Englerophytum consists primarily of trees. Their leaves are leathery with dense appressed hairs on the undersides.[2] The genus is widespread across tropical and southern Africa.[1]

species[1]
  1. Englerophytum congolense (De Wild.) Aubrév. & Pellegr. - Gabon, Zaïre
  2. Englerophytum iturense (Engl.) L.Gaut. - Gabon, Zaïre
  3. Englerophytum koulamoutouense (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) ined. - Gabon, Congo Republic
  4. Englerophytum laurentii (De Wild.) ined. - from Cameroon to Angola
  5. Englerophytum le-testui (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) ined. - Gabon, Congo Republic
  6. Englerophytum longipedicellatum (De Wild.) ined. - Gabon, Zaïre
  7. Englerophytum magalismontanum (Sond.) T.D.Penn. - Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Swaziland
  8. Englerophytum mayumbense (Greves) ined. - Gabon, Congo Republic, Cabinda
  9. Englerophytum natalense (Sond.) T.D.Penn. - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Swaziland, Cape Province
  10. Englerophytum oblanceolatum (S.Moore) T.D.Penn. - W + C Africa from Liberia to Kenya
  11. Englerophytum oubanguiense (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Aubrév. & Pellegr. - W + C Africa
  12. Englerophytum rwandense (Troupin) ined. - Rwanda, Burundi
  13. Englerophytum somiferanum Aubrév. - Gabon
  14. Englerophytum stelechantha K.Krause - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo Republic

Gallery

  • flower: 5 petals and 5 sepals
    flower: 5 petals and 5 sepals
  • fruit: a berry containing 1 seed
    fruit: a berry containing 1 seed

References

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ a b Hyde, Mark; et al. "Englerophytum K.Krause". Flora of Zimbabwe. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  3. ^ Krause, Kurt. 1914. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 50(Suppl.): 343-348 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German, line drawings as illustrations
  4. ^ Tropicos, Englerophytum K. Krause
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