Loeseneriella
| Loeseneriella | |
|---|---|
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| Loeseneriella africana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Genus: | Loeseneriella A.C.Sm.[1] |
Loeseneriella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae.[1] The name is in honour of Ludwig Eduard Theodor Loesener (1865–1941), a German botanist who collected widely in the field in Germany and did much work on the Celastaceae.[2][3]: 439 It was first described and published in the American Journal of Botany in 1941.[1][3]: 438
Distribution
[edit]The native range of Loeseneriella is tropical and subtropical Old World, in these areas:[1]
- Africa – Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nigeria, Niger, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierre Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe; also the islands of Comoros and Madagascar
- Indian Subcontinent – Assam, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
- Indo-China – Andaman Is., Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand, Vietnam
- East Asia – China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan,
- Malesia – Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera
- Papuasia – Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Is.
- Australia – New South Wales, Queensland
- Western Pacific – Caroline Is., Vanuatu
Accepted species
[edit]As of November 2024[update], Plants of the World Online accepts the following 29 species:[1]
- Loeseneriella africana (Willd.) R.Wilczek
- Loeseneriella andamanica (King) H.B.Naithani & S.Biswas
- Loeseneriella apiculata (Welw. ex Oliv.) R.Wilczek
- Loeseneriella apocynoides (Welw. ex Oliv.) N.Hallé ex J.Raynal
- Loeseneriella barbata (F.Muell.) C.T.White
- Loeseneriella bourdillonii (Gamble) D.C.S.Raju
- Loeseneriella camerunica (Loes.) N.Hallé
- Loeseneriella chesseana (Pierre) Tardieu
- Loeseneriella clematoides (Loes.) R.Wilczek
- Loeseneriella concinna A.C.Sm.
- Loeseneriella crenata (Klotzsch) R.Wilczek
- Loeseneriella cumingii (M.A.Lawson) Ding Hou
- Loeseneriella dinhensis (Pierre) A.C.Sm.
- Loeseneriella ectypopetala N.Hallé
- Loeseneriella griseoramula S.Y.Pao
- Loeseneriella iotricha (Loes. ex Fritsch) N.Hallé
- Loeseneriella lenticellata S.Y.Bao
- Loeseneriella macrantha (Korth.) A.C.Sm.
- Loeseneriella merrilliana A.C.Sm.
- Loeseneriella nicobarica (Kurz) H.B.Naithani & S.Biswas
- Loeseneriella parkinsonii (Chakrab. & M.Gangop.) B.D.Naithani
- Loeseneriella pauciflora (DC.) A.C.Sm.
- Loeseneriella rowlandii (Loes.) N.Hallé
- Loeseneriella rubiginosa (H.Perrier) N.Hallé
- Loeseneriella serrata (Griff.) A.C.Sm.
- Loeseneriella sogerensis (Baker f.) A.C.Sm.
- Loeseneriella urceolus (Tul.) N.Hallé
- Loeseneriella yaundina (Loes.) N.Hallé ex R.Wilczek
- Loeseneriella yunnanensis (Hu) A.C.Sm.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Loeseneriella A.C.Sm". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ a b Smith, A.C. (1941). "Notes on Old World Hippocrateaceae". American Journal of Botany. 28 (5): 438–443. doi:10.2307/2436821. JSTOR 2436821.