''Loeseneriella'' 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
Celastraceae
The Celastraceae (staff-vine or bittersweet) are a family of 98 genera and 1,350 species of herbs, vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only ''Celastrus'' (the staf ...
. The name is in honour of
Ludwig Eduard Theodor Loesener
Ludwig Eduard Theodor Lösener (23 November 1865 – 2 June 1941) was a German botanist who collected widely in the field in Germany: Amrum island (1912), the Alps, the Black Forest, Bavaria, Rügen island and Tyrol in modern Austria. His speciali ...
(1865–1941), a German botanist who collected widely in the field in Germany and did much work on the Celastraceae.
It was first described and published in the
American Journal of Botany
The ''American Journal of Botany'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal which covers all aspects of plant biology. It has been published by the Botanical Society of America since 1914. The journal has an impact factor of 3.038, as of 20 ...
in 1941.
Distribution
The native range of ''Loeseneriella'' is tropical and subtropical
Old World
The "Old World" () is a term for Afro-Eurasia coined by Europeans after 1493, when they became aware of the existence of the Americas. It is used to contrast the continents of Africa, Europe, and Asia in the Eastern Hemisphere, previously ...
, in these areas:
* 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
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Indian Subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a physiographic region of Asia below the Himalayas which projects into the Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal to the east and the Arabian Sea to the west. It is now divided between Bangladesh, India, and Pakista ...
– Assam, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
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Indo-China
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– Andaman Is., Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand, Vietnam
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East Asia
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– China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan,
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Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomalayan and Australasian realms. It is a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical kingdom. It was first recognized as a distinct region ...
– Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera
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Papuasia
Papuasia is a Level 2 botanical region defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It lies in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in the Melanesia ecoregion of Oceania and Tropical Asia.
It comprises th ...
– Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Is.
* Australia – New South Wales, Queensland
* Western Pacific – Caroline Is., Vanuatu
Accepted species
,
Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
History
Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ...
accepts the following 29 species:
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Loeseneriella africana
''Loeseneriella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae. 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 C ...
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Loeseneriella andamanica''
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Loeseneriella apiculata''
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Loeseneriella apocynoides''
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Loeseneriella barbata''
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Loeseneriella bourdillonii
''Loeseneriella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae. 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 C ...
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Loeseneriella camerunica''
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Loeseneriella chesseana''
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Loeseneriella clematoides''
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Loeseneriella concinna
''Loeseneriella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae. 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 C ...
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Loeseneriella crenata
''Loeseneriella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae. 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 C ...
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Loeseneriella cumingii
''Loeseneriella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae. 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 C ...
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Loeseneriella dinhensis
''Loeseneriella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae. 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 C ...
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Loeseneriella ectypopetala
''Loeseneriella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae. 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 C ...
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Loeseneriella griseoramula
''Loeseneriella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae. 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 C ...
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Loeseneriella iotricha
''Loeseneriella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae. 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 C ...
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Loeseneriella lenticellata
''Loeseneriella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae. 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 C ...
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Loeseneriella macrantha
''Loeseneriella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae. 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 C ...
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Loeseneriella merrilliana
''Loeseneriella'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae. 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 C ...
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Loeseneriella nicobarica''
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Loeseneriella parkinsonii''
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Loeseneriella pauciflora''
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Loeseneriella rowlandii''
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Loeseneriella rubiginosa''
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Loeseneriella serrata''
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Loeseneriella sogerensis''
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Loeseneriella urceolus''
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Loeseneriella yaundina''
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Loeseneriella yunnanensis''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q9023498
Celastrales genera
Plants described in 1845
Taxa named by Albert Charles Smith