Whitfordiodendron

Whitfordiodendron is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, of Fabaceae.[1] It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.[2]

Whitfordiodendron
Whitfordiodendron nieuwenhuisii (synonym Callerya nieuwenhuisii)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Subfamily:
Faboideae
(unranked):
Inverted repeat-lacking clade
Tribe:
Wisterieae
Genus:
Whitfordiodendron

Type species
Whitfordiodendron scandens
(Benth.) Geesink.
Diversity
4 species
Synonyms

Whitfordia Elmer

Its native range is from Thailand to western & central Malesia, (including the countries of Borneo, Malaya, the Philippines and Sumatera).[1]

Known species

It has 4 accepted species;[1]

  • Whitfordiodendron erianthum (Benth.) Dunn
  • Whitfordiodendron nieuwenhuisii (J.J.Sm.) Dunn
  • Whitfordiodendron scandens (Elmer) Elmer
  • Whitfordiodendron sumatranum Merr.

Taxonomy

The genus name of Whitfordiodendron is in honour of Harry Nichols Whitford (1872–1941), an American forester and professor of tropical forestry at Yale University.[3] The Latin suffix of dendron means tree.[4] It was first described and published in Leafl. Philipp. Bot. Vol.2 on page 743 in 1910.[1]

It was re-classed as a synonym of Callerya Endl., as such the genus is not recognized by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service and they do not list any known species.[5] But dna analysis in 2019 has reaffirmed its genus status.[2]

References
  1. "Whitfordiodendron Elmer | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  2. Compton, J.A., Schrire, B.D., Könyves, K., Forest, F., Malakasi, P., Mattapha, S. & Sirichamorn, Y. 2019. The Callerya Group redefined and Tribe Wisterieae (Fabaceae) emended based on morphology and data from nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences. PhytoKeys 125: 1–112. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.125.34877
  3. 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.
  4. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.
  5. "Genus Whitfordiodendron Elmer". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
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