Wood Anatomy of the Neotropical Sapotaceae. XXXIII. Englerella.
Abstract
The genus Englerella was created by Pierre in 1891 consisting of the single species E. macrocarpa. Apparently the genus had been poorly described and remained static for some three decades until 1922 when Ducke adopted the name for his previously described Lucuma speciosa making the new combination Englerella speciosa Ducke. In 1964 Aubreville noted that Englerella was a synonym of Labatia Sw. and in 1965 Baehni (5)3/ placed the original species of Pierre in his group 'genera of uncertain status'. Aubreville (1) made the new combination Richardella speciosa (Ducke) Aubreville in 1961 and Baehni (5) made the same new combination Richardella speciosa (Ducke) Baehni in 1965. For anatomical purposes, Englerella speciosa Ducke and its allies is herein segregated because of the great difference between this group and certain species referred to Richardella by both Aubreville and Baehni. The Englerella group is readily separable from Richardella by its sphysical appearance and anatomical structure based only on hand lens examination (see paper XXXII Richardella in this series). Anatomically, the Englerella group consists of Englerella speciosa Ducke, Richardella amapaensis Pires, Richardella buenaventurensis Aubr., Richardella chocoensis Aubr., Pouteria espinae (Standl.) Baenhi, Richardella lucuma (Ruiz and Pavon) Aubr., and Richardella surumuensis (Baehni) Aubr. plus a number of unassigned specimens from Brazil Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA122933
Entities
People
- B. F. Kukachka
Organizations
- Forest Products Laboratory