Donella (plant)

Donella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapotaceae.[1]

Donella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Genus: Donella
Pierre ex Baill.

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.
  • Donella analalavensis Aubrév.
  • Donella bangweolensis (R.E.Fr. & Pellegr.) Mackinder
  • Donella capuronii (G.E.Schatz & L.Gaut.) Mackinder & L.Gaut.
  • Donella delphinensis Aubrév.
  • Donella fenerivensis Aubrév.
  • Donella guereliana (Aubrév.) Mackinder
  • Donella humbertii Capuron ex Mackinder & L.Gaut.
  • Donella lanceolata (Blume) Aubrév.
  • Donella masoalensis Aubrév.
  • Donella ogoouensis (A.Chev.) Aubrév. & Pellegr.
  • Donella perrieri Lecomte
  • Donella pruniformis (Engl.) Pierre ex Engl.
  • Donella ranirisonii L.Gaut. & Mackinder
  • Donella ubangiensis (De Wild.) Aubrév.
  • Donella viridifolia (J.M.Wood & Franks) Aubrév. & Pellegr.
  • Donella welwitschii (Engl.) Pierre ex Engl.

References
  1. "Donella Pierre ex Baill. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  2. 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.
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