Euclea
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Euclea, from the Greek eukleia meaning "glory and fame",[1] denotes a group of flowering plants in the Ebenaceae or ebony family. They were described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1774.[2][3] The genus includes evergreen trees and shrubs, native to Africa, the Comoro Islands and Arabia.[4] Several species are used for timber, producing a hard, dark heartwood timber similar to ebony.
Species
There are some 16 to 18 species, including:[4][5] Template:Div col
- Euclea acutifolia E.Mey. ex A.DC. – Cape Province
- Euclea angolensis Gürke – Angola
- Euclea asperrima E.Holzh. – Namibia
- Euclea balfourii Hiern ex Balf.f.
- Euclea coriacea A.DC. – Lesotho, South Africa
- Euclea crispa (Thunb.) Gürke – southern Africa
- Euclea dewinteri Retief – Limpopo
- Euclea divinorum Hiern – from Ethiopia to KwaZulu-Natal
- Euclea lancea Thunb. – Cape Province
- Euclea laurina Hiern ex Balf.f.
- Euclea natalensis A.DC. – from Somalia to KwaZulu-Natal
- Euclea neghellensis Cufod. – Ethiopia
- Euclea polyandra (L.f.) E.Mey. ex Hiern – Cape Province
- Euclea pseudebenus E.Mey. ex A.DC. – Angola, Namibia, Cape Province
- Euclea racemosa L. – from Egypt to Cape Province; Comoros, Oman, Yemen
- Euclea sekhukhuniensis Retief, S.J.Siebert & A.E.van Wyk – Mpumalanga
- Euclea tomentosa E.Mey. ex A.DC. – Cape Province
- Euclea undulata Thunb. – from Zimbabwe to KwaZulu-Natal
References
External links
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- ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1774. Systema Vegetabilium. Editio decima tertia 747
- ↑ Tropicos, Euclea L
- ↑ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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