Biology:Mimusops

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

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
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]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.


Wikidata ☰ Q2734274 entry