Englerophytum

Milkplums

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

Englerophytum is a group of trees in the 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]

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

Gallery

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

References

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

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