Whitfordiodendron

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Wisterieae
Genus: Whitfordiodendron
Species: W. erianthum – W. nieuwenhuisii – W. scandens – W. sumatranum
Name

Whitfordiodendron Elmer, Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 2: 689, 743. (1910) emend. Compton et al. (2019)

Type species: Whitfordiodendron scandens Elmer, Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 2: 689–691, 743. (1910)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Whitfordia Elmer

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References
Primary references

Elmer, A.D.E. 1910. Leaflets of Philippine Botany 2: 689, 743.

Additional references

Compton, J.A., Schrire, B.D., Könyves, K., Forest, F., Malakasi, P., Mattapha, S. & Sirichamorn, Y. 2019. The Callerya Group redefined and Tribe Wisterieae (Fabaceae) emended based on morphology and data from nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences. PhytoKeys 125: 1–112. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.125.34877 Open access. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Whitfordiodendron in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Whitfordiodendron. Published online. Accessed: Jun 21 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Whitfordiodendron. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Jun 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Whitfordiodendron. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 21. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Whitfordiodendron. Accessed: 21 Jun 2021.

Vernacular names

Whitfordiodendron is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, of Fabaceae.[1] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.[2]

Its native range is from Thailand to western & central Malesia, (including the countries of Borneo, Malaya, the Philippines and Sumatera).[1]
Known species

It has 4 accepted species;[1]

Whitfordiodendron erianthum (Benth.) Dunn
Whitfordiodendron nieuwenhuisii (J.J.Sm.) Dunn
Whitfordiodendron scandens (Elmer) Elmer
Whitfordiodendron sumatranum Merr.

Taxonomy

The genus name of Whitfordiodendron is in honour of Harry Nichols Whitford (1872–1941), an American forester and professor of tropical forestry at Yale University.[3] The Latin suffix of dendron means tree.[4] It was first described and published in Leafl. Philipp. Bot. Vol.2 on page 743 in 1910.[1]

It was re-classed as a synonym of Callerya Endl., as such the genus is not recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service and they do not list any known species.[5] But dna analysis in 2019 has reaffirmed its genus status.[2]
References

"Whitfordiodendron Elmer | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
Compton, J.A., Schrire, B.D., Könyves, K., Forest, F., Malakasi, P., Mattapha, S. & Sirichamorn, Y. 2019. The Callerya Group redefined and Tribe Wisterieae (Fabaceae) emended based on morphology and data from nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences. PhytoKeys 125: 1–112. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.125.34877
Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
"Genus Whitfordiodendron Elmer". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 11 January 2022.