Mimusops

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

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

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. Mimusops aedificatoria - Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi
  3. Mimusops affinis - Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  4. Mimusops andamanensis - Andaman Is
  5. Mimusops andongensis - West and Central Africa
  6. Mimusops angel - Somalia
  7. Mimusops ankaibeensis - Madagascar
  8. Mimusops antongilensis - Madagascar
  9. Mimusops antorakensis - Madagascar
  10. Mimusops antsiranensis - Madagascar
  11. Mimusops bagshawei - East Africa
  12. Mimusops balata - Mauritius, Réunion
  13. Mimusops caffra - Mozambique, South Africa (Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal)
  14. Mimusops capuronii - Madagascar
  15. Mimusops comorensis - Comoros
  16. Mimusops coriacea - Comoros, Madagascar
  17. Mimusops dodensis - Cameroon
  18. Mimusops ebolowensis - Cameroon
  19. Mimusops elengi - South and Southeast Asia, Papuasia
  20. Mimusops erythroxylon - Mauritius
  21. Mimusops giorgii - Democratic Republic of the Congo
  22. Mimusops kummel - tropical Africa
  23. Mimusops laurifolia - NE Africa, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  24. Mimusops lecomtei - Madagascar
  25. Mimusops lohindri - Madagascar
  26. Mimusops longipedicellata - Madagascar
  27. Mimusops mayumbensis - Cabinda
  28. Mimusops membranacea - Madagascar
  29. Mimusops mildbraedii - Cameroon
  30. Mimusops ngembe - Cameroon
  31. Mimusops nossibeensis - Nosi Bé Island
  32. Mimusops oblongifolia - Réunion
  33. Mimusops obovata - Mozambique, Swaziland, South Africa
  34. Mimusops obtusifolia - East and Southeast Africa, Comoros, Madagascar
  35. Mimusops occidentalis - Madagascar
  36. Mimusops penduliflora - Tanzania
  37. Mimusops perrieri - Madagascar
  38. Mimusops petiolaris - Mauritius
  39. Mimusops riparia - Kenya, Tanzania
  40. Mimusops sambiranensis - Madagascar
  41. Mimusops sechellarum - Seychelles
  42. Mimusops somalensis - Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia
  43. Mimusops voalela - Madagascar
  44. Mimusops zeyheri - Central and Southern Africa
  45. Mimusops zeylanica - Sri Lanka

References
  1. 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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