Zenkerella is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes six species of evergreen trees native to tropical Africa. One species (Zenkerella citrina) is native to Nigeria, Cameroon, and Gabon in west-central tropical Africa, where it grows in lowland, riverine, or swamp Guineo-Congolian forest. The other five species grow in Afromontane or coastal Zanzibar–Inhambane forest in Tanzania.[1]

Zenkerella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Detarioideae
Tribe: Amherstieae
Genus: Zenkerella
Taub. (1894)
Species

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Synonyms

Podogynium Taub. (1896)

It contains the following species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Zenkerella Taub. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Zenkerella capparidacea in Global Plants".
  3. ^ "ZENKERELLA egregia J. Léon. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]".
  4. ^ "Cynometra schliebenii in Global Plants".