Englerodendron is a small genus of legumes belonging to the family Fabaceae, that are native to tropical Africa.
It is found in the countries of Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Congo, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Zaire.
The genus name of Englerodendron is in honour of Adolf Engler (1844–1930), a German botanist, and also; Dendron, a Greek word meaning "tree". It was first published and described in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.40 on page 27 in 1907.
A recent study indicates that an early Miocene (Aquitanian) tropical moist forest from Ethiopia may represent a monodominant forest dominated by a prehistoric species of Englerodendron, Englerodendron mulugetanum.
Species It contains the following species: Englerodendron brachyrhachis (Breteler) Estrella & Ojeda Englerodendron conchyliophorum (Pellegr.) Breteler Englerodendron explicans (Baill.) Estrella & Ojeda Englerodendron gabunense (J.Léonard) Breteler Englerodendron graciliflorum (Harms) Estrella & Ojeda Englerodendron hallei (Aubrév.) Estrella & Ojeda Englerodendron isopetalum (Harms) Breteler & Wieringa Englerodendron korupense Burgt Englerodendron lebrunii (J.Léonard) Estrella & Ojeda Englerodendron leptorrhachis (Harms) Estrella & Ojeda Englerodendron macranthum Englerodendron mengei (De Wild.) Estrella & Ojeda † Englerodendron mulugetanum - extinct Englerodendron nguemae Englerodendron nigericum (Baker f.) Estrella & Ojeda Englerodendron obanense (Baker f.) Estrella & Ojeda Englerodendron sargosii Pellegr. Englerodendron triplisomere (Pellegr.) Estrella & Ojeda Englerodendron usambarense Harms Englerodendron vignei (Hoyle) Estrella & Ojeda
Phylogeny The following relationships have been suggested for the genus Englerodendron:
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