Anthonotha

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Anthonotha is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family (Fabaceae), within the Detarioideae subfamily. The type species is Anthonotha macrophylla, described in 1806 by Palisot de Beauvois from West Africa.

Taxonomic history: The genus was briefly moved to Vouapa in 1865, then linked with Macrolobium after Vouapa’s name was dropped in favor of the conserved Macrolobium. The correct name Macrolobium macrophyllum was published in 1919 by James Macbride. In 1955, Léonard reinstalled Anthonotha for the African Macrolobium species and divided them into five sections; Anthonotha proper became a smaller genus, while the others were placed in Isomacrolobium and Englerodendron (with Isomacrolobium later merged into Englerodendron). A prehistoric species, Anthonotha shimaglae, is known from the early Miocene of Ethiopia and is part of an ancient forest where Englerodendron was common.

Today, Anthonotha contains 17 species, including:
- Anthonotha macrophylla
- Anthonotha noldeae
- Anthonotha cladantha
- Anthonotha pellegrinii
- Anthonotha wijmacampensis
- Anthonotha brieyi
- Anthonotha xanderi
- Anthonotha trunciflora
- Anthonotha lamprophylla
- Anthonotha ferruginea
- Anthonotha stipulacea
- Anthonotha mouandzae
- Anthonotha gilletii
- Anthonotha pynaerfii
- Anthonotha acuminata
- Anthonotha crassifolia
- Anthonotha fragrans

In studies of their relationships, Englerodendron is used as an outgroup to help place Anthonotha and its related African Macrolobium species.