Amorphospermum

Amorphospermum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Chrysophylloideae
Genus: Amorphospermum
F.Muell.
Species:
A. antilogum
Binomial name
Amorphospermum antilogum
Synonyms[1]
  • Lucuma amorphosperma F.M.Bailey
  • Sersalisia antiloga (F.Muell.) Domin
  • Chrysophyllum antilogum (F.Muell.) Vink
  • Niemeyera antiloga (F.Muell.) T.D.Penn.

Amorphospermum is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1870.[2][3]

There is only one accepted species, Amorphospermum antilogum, native to Queensland, New South Wales, and Papua New Guinea.[1]

formerly included[1]

now in other genera: Elaeoluma Englerophytum Niemeyera Pycnandra Synsepalum

  1. A. balansae - Pycnandra balansae
  2. A. cerasiferum - Synsepalum cerasiferum
  3. A. chartaceum - Niemeyera chartacea
  4. A. msolo - Synsepalum msolo
  5. A. natalense - Englerophytum natalense
  6. A. pruniferum - Niemeyera prunifera
  7. A. schomburgkianum - Elaeoluma schomburgkiana
  8. A. whitei - Niemeyera whitei

References

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von. 1870. Fragmenta Phytographiæ Australiæ 7: 112-114 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Amorphospermum F. Muell.


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