Englerodaphne

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Englerodaphne
Species: E. pilosa – E. subcordata

Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Englerodaphne in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec 5. Reference page.

Name

Englerodaphne Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 274 (1894)
References
Primary references

Gilg, E.F. 1894. Thymelaeaceae africanae. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 19: 256-277. BHL Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Englerodaphne. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 5. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Englerodaphne. Published online. Accessed: December 5 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Englerodaphne in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 December 5. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Englerodaphne. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 December 2020.

Englerodaphne is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Thymelaeaceae.[1]

Its native range is from southern Sudan to southern Africa; it is found in Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Provinces (of South Africa), Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.[1]

The genus name of Englerodaphne is in honour of Adolf Engler (1844–1930), a German botanist,[2] and also daphne, a genus of evergreen shrubs in the family Thymelaeaceae. It was first published and described in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.19 on page 274 in 1894.[1]

Species known:[1]

Englerodaphne pilosa Burtt Davy
Englerodaphne subcordata (Meisn.) Engl.

References

"Englerodaphne Gilg | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.