''Donella'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s belonging to the family

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. Its wide native range extends from tropical and subtropical

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to northern

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. It is found in (listed alphabetically) Angola,

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, Bangladesh, Benin,

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, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, China, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea,

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, India, Ivory Coast,

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, Kenya,

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, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mozambique, Myanmar,

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, Nigeria, Philippines, Queensland, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Solomon Island, Sri Lanka,

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, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its genus name of ''Donella'', is in honour of

George Don George Don (29 April 1798 – 25 February 1856) was a Scottish botanist and plant collector. Life and career George Don was born at Doo Hillock, Forfar, Angus, Scotland on 29 April 1798 to Caroline Clementina Stuart and George Don (b.1756), p ...

(1798–1856), a Scottish botanist and plant collector, and it was published in Hist. Pl. Vol.11 o page 294 in 1891.

Species

Known species: *'' Donella ambrensis'' – northern Madagascar *'' Donella analalavensis'' – northwestern and northern Madagascar *'' Donella bangweolensis'' – Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and Tanzania *'' Donella capuronii'' – northeastern Madagascar *'' Donella delphinensis'' – eastern Madagascar *'' Donella fenerivensis'' – northeastern Madagascar *'' Donella guereliana'' – western and northern Madagascar *'' Donella humbertii'' – western and north-central Madagascar *'' Donella lanceolata'' – northern and eastern Madagascar *'' Donella masoalensis'' – northeastern Madagascar *'' Donella ogoouensis'' – Gabon *'' Donella perrieri'' – Madagascar *'' Donella pruniformis'' – western and central Africa to Uganda *'' Donella ranirisonii'' – northeastern Madagascar *'' Donella ubangiensis'' – western and central Africa to Uganda *'' Donella viridifolia'' – KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini, Mozambique, Malawi, and Kenya *'' Donella welwitschii'' – western and central Africa to Angola and Zambia

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q16753865 Chrysophylloideae Sapotaceae genera Plants described in 1891 Paleotropical flora