Euclea

For the moth genus, see Euclea (moth).
Euclea
Euclea racemosa (Sea guarrie)
in South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ebenaceae
Genus: Euclea
L.
Synonyms[1]
  • Diplonema G.Don
  • Rymia Endl.
  • Kellaua A.DC.

Euclea is a group of flowering plants, belonging to family Ebenaceae, the ebony family, described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1774.[2][3] It includes evergreen trees and shrubs, native to Africa, the Comoro Islands, and Arabia.[1] Several species are used for timber, producing a hard, dark heartwood timber similar to ebony.

species [1]
  1. Euclea acutifolia E.Mey. ex A.DC. - Cape Province
  2. Euclea angolensis Gürke - Angola
  3. Euclea asperrima E.Holzh. - Namibia
  4. Euclea coriacea A.DC. - Lesotho, South Africa
  5. Euclea crispa (Thunb.) Gürke - southern Africa
  6. Euclea dewinteri Retief - Limpopo
  7. Euclea divinorum Hiern - from Ethiopia to KwaZulu-Natal
  8. Euclea lancea Thunb. - Cape Province
  9. Euclea natalensis A.DC. - from Somalia to KwaZulu-Natal
  10. Euclea neghellensis Cufod. - Ethiopia
  11. Euclea polyandra (L.f.) E.Mey. ex Hiern - Cape Province
  12. Euclea pseudebenus E.Mey. ex A.DC. - Angola, Namibia, Cape Province
  13. Euclea racemosa L. - from Egypt to Cape Province; Comoros, Oman, Yemen
  14. Euclea sekhukhuniensis Retief, S.J.Siebert & A.E.van Wyk - Mpumalanga
  15. Euclea tomentosa E.Mey. ex A.DC. - Cape Province
  16. Euclea undulata Thunb. - from Zimbabwe to KwaZulu-Natal

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1774. Systema Vegetabilium. Editio decima tertia 747
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Euclea L
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