''Englerodaphne'' is a genus of
flowering plants belonging to the family
Thymelaeaceae.
Its native range is from southern Sudan to southern Africa; it is found in
Cape Provinces,
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is locate ...
and
Northern Provinces (of South Africa),
Kenya,
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
,
Tanzania and
Uganda.
The genus name of ''Englerodaphne'' is in honour of
Adolf Engler (1844–1930), a German botanist,
and also ''
daphne'', a genus of evergreen shrubs in the family Thymelaeaceae. It was first published and described in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.19 on page 274 in 1894.
Species known:
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Englerodaphne pilosa
''Englerodaphne'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Thymelaeaceae.
Its native range is from southern Sudan to southern Africa; it is found in Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Provinces (of South Africa), Kenya, Suda ...
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Englerodaphne subcordata
''Englerodaphne'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Thymelaeaceae.
Its native range is from southern Sudan to southern Africa; it is found in Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Provinces (of South Africa), Kenya, Su ...
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References
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Thymelaeaceae
Malvales genera
Plants described in 1894
Flora of South Africa
Flora of Kenya
Flora of Sudan
Flora of Tanzania
Flora of Uganda