Mimusops

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Mimusops
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Mimusops balata
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Sapotoideae
Tribe: Sapoteae
Genus: Mimusops
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Synonyms[1]
  • Elengi Adans.
  • Binectaria Forssk.
  • Phlebolithis Gaertn.
  • Imbricaria Comm. ex Juss.
  • Radia Noronha
  • Kaukenia Kuntze

Mimusops is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.[2][3]

Mimusops is native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, and various oceanic islands.[1][4][5]

There are about 57 species.[6]

Species[1][]

  1. Mimusops acutifolia - Tanzania
  2. - Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi
  3. - Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  4. Mimusops andamanensis - Andaman Is
  5. - West and Central Africa
  6. Mimusops angel - Somalia
  7. - Madagascar
  8. - Madagascar
  9. - Madagascar
  10. - Madagascar
  11. - East Africa
  12. Mimusops balata - Mauritius, Réunion
  13. Mimusops caffra - Mozambique, South Africa (Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal)
  14. - Madagascar
  15. - Comoros
  16. - Comoros, Madagascar
  17. - Cameroon
  18. - Cameroon
  19. Mimusops elengi - South and Southeast Asia, Papuasia
  20. - Mauritius
  21. - Democratic Republic of the Congo
  22. - tropical Africa
  23. Mimusops laurifolia - NE Africa, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  24. - Madagascar
  25. - Madagascar
  26. - Madagascar
  27. - Cabinda
  28. - Madagascar
  29. - Cameroon
  30. - Cameroon
  31. - Nosi Bé Island
  32. - Réunion
  33. - Mozambique, Swaziland, South Africa
  34. - East and Southeast Africa, Comoros, Madagascar
  35. - Madagascar
  36. Mimusops penduliflora - Tanzania
  37. - Madagascar
  38. Mimusops petiolaris - Mauritius
  39. Mimusops riparia - Kenya, Tanzania
  40. - Madagascar
  41. Mimusops sechellarum - Seychelles
  42. - Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia
  43. - Madagascar
  44. Mimusops zeyheri - Central and Southern Africa
  45. - Sri Lanka

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 349
  3. ^ Tropicos, Mimusops L.
  4. ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Pennington, D. (2001 publ. 2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Sapotaceae: 1-364. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. ^ Allaby, Michael. 1998. A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. Oxford University Press, New York
  6. ^ Mimusops. Flora of Pakistan.


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