Loeseneriella

Loeseneriella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Celastraceae.

Its native range is Tropical and Subtropical Old World. It is found in the countries and regions of Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Java, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, New Guinea, New South Wales (Australia), Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces (South Africa), Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre and Zimbabwe The genus name of Loeseneriella is in honour of Ludwig Eduard Theodor Loesener (1865–1941), a German botanist who collected widely in the field in Germany. It was first described and published in Amer. J. Bot. Vol.28 on page 438 in 1941.

Known species
According to Kew:


 * Loeseneriella africana (Willd.) R.Wilczek
 * Loeseneriella andamanica (King) H.B.Naithani & S.Biswas
 * Loeseneriella apiculata (Welw. ex Oliv.) R.Wilczek
 * Loeseneriella apocynoides (Welw. ex Oliv.) N.Hallé ex J.Raynal
 * Loeseneriella barbata (F.Muell.) C.T.White
 * Loeseneriella bourdillonii (Gamble) D.C.S.Raju
 * Loeseneriella camerunica (Loes.) N.Hallé
 * Loeseneriella chesseana (Pierre) Tardieu
 * Loeseneriella clematoides (Loes.) R.Wilczek
 * Loeseneriella concinna A.C.Sm.
 * Loeseneriella crenata (Klotzsch) R.Wilczek
 * Loeseneriella cumingii (M.A.Lawson) Ding Hou
 * Loeseneriella dinhensis (Pierre) A.C.Sm.
 * Loeseneriella ectypopetala N.Hallé
 * Loeseneriella griseoramula S.Y.Pao
 * Loeseneriella iotricha (Loes. ex Fritsch) N.Hallé
 * Loeseneriella lenticellata S.Y.Bao
 * Loeseneriella macrantha (Korth.) A.C.Sm.
 * Loeseneriella merrilliana A.C.Sm.
 * Loeseneriella nicobarica (Kurz) H.B.Naithani & S.Biswas
 * Loeseneriella parkinsonii (Chakrab. & M.Gangop.) B.D.Naithani
 * Loeseneriella pauciflora (DC.) A.C.Sm.
 * Loeseneriella rowlandii (Loes.) N.Hallé
 * Loeseneriella rubiginosa (H.Perrier) N.Hallé
 * Loeseneriella serrata (Griff.) A.C.Sm.
 * Loeseneriella sogerensis (Baker f.) A.C.Sm.
 * Loeseneriella urceolus (Tul.) N.Hallé
 * Loeseneriella yaundina (Loes.) N.Hallé ex R.Wilczek
 * Loeseneriella yunnanensis (Hu) A.C.Sm.