Anthonotha
Anthonotha is a genus within the subfamily Detarioideae of the plant family Fabaceae.
Taxonomic history
The first species of the genus was described in 1806 by Palisot de Beauvois based on a specimen collected in West Africa and named Anthonotha macrophylla P.Beauv. The genus was not recognized and in 1865 Henri Baillon transferred it to the South American genus Vouapa, described by Jean Baptiste Aublet in 1775. Vouapa later became a junior synonym since the conserved name of Macrolobium was favored for the genus described by Johann Schreber in 1789.Most species now recognized within Anthonotha were originally described within the genus Macrolobium. The species Anthonotha macrophylla continued under the illegitimate name Macrolobium palisotii described by Bentham in 1865. This was corrected by James Macbride in 1919 by publishing the correct name M. macrophyllum Macbride.
In 1955 Léonard reinstalled Anthonotha for the rest of the African Macrolobium species, after several other species had been transferred to his newly described genera Gilbertiodendron, Paramacrolobium, and Pellegrineodendron. Léonard subclassified the reinstalled Anthonotha with 26 species into five sections. Anthonotha section Anthonotha became the genus Anthonotha in a new, narrow sense.
The species of the other four sections of Anthonotha were placed in the genera Isomacrolobium and Englerodendron by Breteler. Isomacrolobium was later synonymized with Englerodendron.
A prehistoric species, Anthonotha shimaglae, has been reported from the early Miocene of Ethiopia and is a component of an ancient forest dominated by Englerodendron.
Species
Anthonotha contains the following species:Anthonotha acuminata J.Léonard, 1957Anthonotha brieyi J.Léonard, 1957Anthonotha cladantha J.Léonard, 1955Anthonotha crassifolia J.Léonard, 1955Anthonotha ferruginea J.Léonard, 1955Anthonotha fragrans Exell & Hillc., 1955Anthonotha gilletii J.Léonard, 1957Anthonotha lamprophylla J.Léonard, 1955Anthonotha macrophylla P.Beauv., 1806Anthonotha mouandzae Breteler, 2010Anthonotha noldeae Exell & Hillc., 1955Anthonotha pellegrinii Aubrév., 1968Anthonotha pynaertii Exell & Hillc., 1955- †Anthonotha shimaglae Pan, Jacobs, Currano, Estrella, Herendeen et Burgt, 2023 - extinctAnthonotha stipulacea J.Léonard, 1955Anthonotha trunciflora J.Léonard, 1955Anthonotha wijmacampensis Breteler, 2010Anthonotha xanderi Breteler, 2010