Re-circumscription of the mimosoid genus Entada including new combinations for all species of the phylogenetically nested Elephantorrhiza (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae, mimosoid clade) Author O'Donnell, Shawn A. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0731-7425 Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE 1 8 ST, UK shawn.odonnell@cantab.net Author Ringelberg, Jens J. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0567-5210 Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland Author Lewis, Gwilym P. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2599-4577 Accelerated Taxonomy Department, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, TW 9 3 AE, UK text PhytoKeys 2022 2022-08-22 205 99 145 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.205.76790 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.205.76790 1314-2003-205-99 4024A478048757B197E5CF8734331A9E Entada hockii De Wild., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 535. 1913. Type . DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO . Haut-Katanga, Plateau de la Manika, A. Hock s.n. ( holotype : BR [BR0000008916471]) . Description. Geoxylic suffrutex, annual stems pubescent. Leaves : rachis 6-9.7 cm long, pubescent; pinnae 1-2 pairs per leaf, 6-8.1 cm long, with 7-9 pairs of leaflets; leaflets 1.4-2.3 x 0.65-0.85 cm, oblong, apex obtuse to rounded, base obtuse to sub-truncate, lamina glabrous above, pubescent below. Inflorescence : an axillary, spiciform raceme 3.5-7 cm long, 1-3 per axil, rachis densely pubescent. Flowers : cream-coloured, pedicels 0.5-1 mm long; calyx 1 mm long, distinctly toothed, glabrous; petals 2.8-3.4 x 1-1.3 mm; stamen filaments 2.8-3 mm long. Fruits and seeds : not seen. Distribution. Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola. Habitat and ecology. On Kalahari sands.