Diploon

Diploon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Chrysophylloideae
Genus: Diploon
Cronquist
Species:
D. cuspidatum
Binomial name
Diploon cuspidatum
(Hoehne) Cronquist
Synonyms[1]
  • Diploön, spelling variant
  • Chrysophyllum cuspidatum Hoehne
  • Diploon venezuelana Aubrév.

Diploon is a genus of plant in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1946.[2][3]

There is only one known species, Diploon cuspidatum, native to South America (Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador).[1][4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Cronquist, Arthur John. 1946. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 73: 466
  3. ^ Tropicos, Diploon Cronquist
  4. ^ Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.) (2005). Rutaceae-Zygophyllaceae. Flora of the Venenzuela Guayana 9: 1-608. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  5. ^ Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  6. ^ Alves-Arauja, A. & Alves, M. (2010). Flora da Usina São José, Igarassu, Pernambuco: Sapotaceae. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 61: 303-318.


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