''Englerina'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s belonging to the family

Loranthaceae Loranthaceae, commonly known as the showy mistletoes, is a family of flowering plants. It consists of about 75 genera and 1,000 species of woody plants, many of them hemiparasites. The three terrestrial species are '' Nuytsia floribunda'' (the ...

. Its native range is

Tropical Africa The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...

. The genus name of ''Englerina'' is in honour of

Adolf Engler Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (25 March 1844 – 10 October 1930) was a German botanist. He is notable for his work on plant taxonomy and phytogeography, such as ''Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien'' (''The Natural Plant Families''), edited with K ...

(1844–1930), a German botanist, it was first published and described in Bull. Soc. Bot. France Vol.42 on page 257 in 1895.

Species

Known species: *'' Englerina collinsii'' *'' Englerina concinna'' *'' Englerina cordata'' *'' Englerina drummondii'' *'' Englerina gabonensis'' *'' Englerina heckmanniana'' *'' Englerina holstii'' *'' Englerina inaequilatera'' *'' Englerina kagehensis'' *'' Englerina kapiriensis'' *'' Englerina kwaiensis'' *'' Englerina lecardii'' *'' Englerina longiflora'' *'' Englerina luluensis'' *'' Englerina macilenta'' *'' Englerina muerensis'' *'' Englerina ochroleuca'' *'' Englerina oedostemon'' *'' Englerina parviflora'' *'' Englerina ramulosa'' *'' Englerina schlechteri'' *'' Englerina schubotziana'' *'' Englerina subquadrangularis'' *'' Englerina swynnertonii'' *'' Englerina triplinervia'' *'' Englerina woodfordioides''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q8775931 Loranthaceae Loranthaceae genera Plants described in 1895 Flora of West Tropical Africa Flora of East Tropical Africa Flora of South Tropical Africa