Heckeldora

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Meliaceae
Subfamilia: Melioideae
Tribus: Guareeae
Genus: Heckeldora
Species: H. acuminata – H. angustifolia – H. klainei – H. latifolia – H. mangenotiana – H. staudtii – H. zenkeri
Name

Heckeldora Pierre
References

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Heckeldora. .

Heckeldora is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Meliaceae.[1] They are shrubs or small trees with odd-pinnate leaves. Plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.[2]

Its native range is western and western central Tropical Africa. It is found in the countries of Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Zaire.[1]

The genus name of Heckeldora is in honour of Édouard Marie Heckel (1843–1916), a French botanist and medical doctor, and director of the Jardin botanique E.M. Heckel in Marseille.[3] It was first described and published in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris Vol.2 on page 1268 in 1896.[1]
Known species

According to Kew:[1]

Heckeldora jongkindii J.J.de Wilde
Heckeldora ledermannii (Harms) J.J.de Wilde
Heckeldora leonensis (Hutch. & Dalziel) E.J.M.Koenen
Heckeldora leptotricha (Harms) J.J.de Wilde
Heckeldora staudtii (Harms) Staner
Heckeldora trifoliolata J.J.de Wilde
Heckeldora zenkeri (Harms) Staner

References

"Heckeldora Pierre | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
Pennington, T. D.; Styles, B. T. (1975). "A Generic Monograph of the Meliaceae". Blumea. 22: 419–540.
Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.