Biology:Vitellariopsis

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Vitellariopsis
Vitellariopsis marginata, loof, a, Laeveld NBT.jpg
Foliage of V. marginata
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Sapotoideae
Genus: Vitellariopsis
(Baill.) ex Dubard
Type species
Vitellariopsis kirkii
(Baker) Dubard
Synonyms[1]

Austromimusops A.Meeuse

Vitellariopsis is a group of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1915.[2][3] The genus is native to eastern and southern Africa.[1][4][5]

species[1][6]
  1. Vitellariopsis cuneata (Engl.) Aubrév. - Usambara Mts in Tanzania
  2. Vitellariopsis dispar (N.E.Br.) Aubrév. - Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal
  3. Vitellariopsis ferruginea Kupicha - Zimbabwe
  4. Vitellariopsis kirkii (Baker) Dubard - Nampula, Tanzania, Kenya
  5. Vitellariopsis marginata (N.E.Br.) Aubrév. - Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Dubard, Marcel Marie Maurice. 1915. Annales du Musée Colonial de Marseille, sér. 3, 3: 44
  3. Tropicos, Vitellariopsis Baill. ex Dubard
  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. Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria
  6. theplantlist.org (2010). "theplantlist - Vitellariopsis". Kew Gardens. http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Sapotaceae/Vitellariopsis/. Retrieved 19 August 2011. 

Wikidata ☰ Q599428 entry