Biology:Donella (plant)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Sapotaceae |
| Subfamily: | Chrysophylloideae |
| Genus: | Donella Pierre ex Baill. (1891)[1] |
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Austrogambeya Aubrév. & Pellegr. (1961) | |
Donella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapotaceae.[1]
Its wide native range extends from tropical and subtropical Old World to northern Queensland. It is found in (listed alphabetically) Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, China, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Java, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nigeria, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Solomon Island, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[1]
Its genus name of Donella, is in honour of George Don (1798–1856), a Scottish botanist and plant collector,[2] and it was published in Hist. Pl. Vol.11 o page 294 in 1891.[1]
Species
Known species:[1]
- Donella ambrensis Aubrév. – northern Madagascar
- Donella analalavensis Aubrév. – northwestern and northern Madagascar
- Donella bangweolensis (R.E.Fr. & Pellegr.) Mackinder – Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and Tanzania
- Donella capuronii (G.E.Schatz & L.Gaut.) Mackinder & L.Gaut. – northeastern Madagascar
- Donella delphinensis Aubrév. – eastern Madagascar
- Donella fenerivensis Aubrév. – northeastern Madagascar
- Donella guereliana (Aubrév.) Mackinder – western and northern Madagascar
- Donella humbertii Capuron ex Mackinder & L.Gaut. – western and north-central Madagascar
- Donella lanceolata (Blume) Aubrév. – northern and eastern Madagascar
- Donella masoalensis Aubrév. – northeastern Madagascar
- Donella ogoouensis (A.Chev.) Aubrév. & Pellegr. – Gabon
- Donella perrieri Lecomte – Madagascar
- Donella pruniformis (Engl.) Pierre ex Engl. – western and central Africa to Uganda
- Donella ranirisonii L.Gaut. & Mackinder – northeastern Madagascar
- Donella ubangiensis (De Wild.) Aubrév. – western and central Africa to Uganda
- Donella viridifolia (J.M.Wood & Franks) Aubrév. & Pellegr. – KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini, Mozambique, Malawi, and Kenya
- Donella welwitschii (Engl.) Pierre ex Engl. – western and central Africa to Angola and Zambia
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Donella Pierre ex Baill. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:36719-1.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
Wikidata ☰ Q16753865 entry
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