''Englerodendron'' is a small genus of

legume Legumes are plants in the pea family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae), or the fruit or seeds of such plants. When used as a dry grain for human consumption, the seeds are also called pulses. Legumes are grown agriculturally, primarily for human consum ...

s belonging to the family

Fabaceae Fabaceae () or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomen ...

, that are native to tropical Africa. It is found in the countries of

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

, Congo,

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. It has an area of . Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea, its post-independence name refers to its location both near the Equ ...

Gabon Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and ...

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

Guinea Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sier ...

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest List of ci ...

Liberia Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to Guinea–Liberia border, its north, Ivory Coast to Ivory Coast–Lib ...

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

, Congo,

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Sierra Leone's land area is . It has a tropical climate and envi ...

Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...

and

Zaire Zaire, officially the Republic of Zaire, was the name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1971 to 18 May 1997. Located in Central Africa, it was, by area, the third-largest country in Africa after Sudan and Algeria, and the 11th-la ...

. The genus name of ''Englerodendron'' 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, and also; '' Dendron'', a

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

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'' * ''

Englerodendron mengei ''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, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivor ...

'' (De Wild.) Estrella & Ojeda * † ''Englerodendron mulugetanum'' - extinct * ''Englerodendron nguemae'' * '' Englerodendron nigericum'' (Baker f.) Estrella & Ojeda * '' Englerodendron obanense'' (Baker f.) Estrella & Ojeda * '' Englerodendron sargosii'' Pellegr. * '' Englerodendron triplisomere'' (Pellegr.) Estrella & Ojeda * ''

Englerodendron usambarense ''Englerodendron usambarense'' is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Tanzania. References

Englerodendron, usambarense Endemic flora of Tanzania Vulnerable plants Plants described in 1907 Taxonomy articles crea ...

'' Harms * ''

Englerodendron vignei ''Englerodendron vignei'' is a species of tree in the family Fabaceae endemic to tropical West Africa. It is found in Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habita ...

'' (Hoyle) Estrella & Ojeda

Phylogeny

The following relationships have been suggested for the genus ''Englerodendron'':

References

Fabaceae genera Plants described in 1907 Flora of the Afrotropical realm Taxa named by Hermann Harms {{Detarioideae-stub