''Heckeldora'' is a genus of
flowering plants belonging to the family
Meliaceae.
They are shrubs or small trees with odd-pinnate leaves. Plants are
dioecious
Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproductio ...
, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
Its native range is western and western central
Tropical Africa. It is found in the countries of Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Zaire.
The genus name of ''Heckeldora'' is in honour of
Édouard Marie Heckel
Dr. Édouard Marie Heckel (March 24, 1843 – January 20, 1916) was a French botanist and medical doctor, and director of the Jardin botanique E.M. Heckel in Marseille.
Heckel was born in Toulon, studied pharmacy and medicine, and in 1861 visited ...
(1843–1916), a French botanist and medical doctor, and director of the
Jardin botanique E.M. Heckel
The Jardin botanique E.M. Heckel (12,000 m2), also known as the Jardin botanique de Marseille and the Jardin botanique Borély de Marseille, is a municipal botanical garden in the Parc Borély at 48, Avenue Clot Bey, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, ...
in Marseille.
It was first described and published in Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris Vol.2 on page 1268 in 1896.
Known species
According to Kew:
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Heckeldora jongkindii''
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Heckeldora ledermannii''
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Heckeldora leonensis
''Heckeldora'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Meliaceae. They are shrubs or small trees with odd-pinnate leaves. Plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
Its native range is western and west ...
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Heckeldora leptotricha''
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Heckeldora staudtii''
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Heckeldora trifoliolata
''Heckeldora'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Meliaceae. They are shrubs or small trees with odd-pinnate leaves. Plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
Its native range is western and west ...
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Heckeldora zenkeri
''Heckeldora'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Meliaceae. They are shrubs or small trees with odd-pinnate leaves. Plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
Its native range is western and west ...
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References
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Meliaceae
Meliaceae genera
Dioecious plants
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Flora of Cameroon