Donella (plant)

Donella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Sapotaceae
Subfamily:	Chrysophylloideae
Genus:	Donella; Pierre ex Baill. (1891)
Synonyms
	Austrogambeya Aubrév. & Pellegr. (1961)

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

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. – northern Madagascar
Donella analalavensis Aubrév. – northwestern and northern Madagascar
Donella bangweolensis (R.E.Fr. & Pellegr.) Mackinder – Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and Tanzania
Donella capuronii (G.E.Schatz & L.Gaut.) Mackinder & L.Gaut. – northeastern Madagascar
Donella delphinensis Aubrév. – eastern Madagascar
Donella fenerivensis Aubrév. – northeastern Madagascar
Donella guereliana (Aubrév.) Mackinder – western and northern Madagascar
Donella humbertii Capuron ex Mackinder & L.Gaut. – western and north-central Madagascar
Donella lanceolata (Blume) Aubrév. – northern and eastern Madagascar
Donella masoalensis Aubrév. – northeastern Madagascar
Donella ogoouensis (A.Chev.) Aubrév. & Pellegr. – Gabon
Donella perrieri Lecomte – Madagascar
Donella pruniformis (Engl.) Pierre ex Engl. – western and central Africa to Uganda
Donella ranirisonii L.Gaut. & Mackinder – northeastern Madagascar
Donella ubangiensis (De Wild.) Aubrév. – western and central Africa to Uganda
Donella viridifolia (J.M.Wood & Franks) Aubrév. & Pellegr. – KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini, Mozambique, Malawi, and Kenya
Donella welwitschii (Engl.) Pierre ex Engl. – western and central Africa to Angola and Zambia

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Donella Pierre ex Baill. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
^ 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[POWO-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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