Letestua

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Sapotaceae
Subfamilia: Sapotoideae
Tribus: Sapoteae
Genus: Letestua
Species: L. durissima

Name

Letestua Lecomte, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 4: 4 (1920)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Pierreodendron A.Chev., Veg. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 9: 257 (1917)
    

Note: Smedmark et al. (2006) found that Letestua was embedded in Manilkara, however the material of L. durissima used in the study was sterile, hence its identity could not be established with certainty and this position must be regarded as tentative.

References

• Lecomte, P.H. (1920) Notulae Systematicae. Herbier du Museum de Paris 4: 4. BHL
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Letestua in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2015 Feb. 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2015. Letestua. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 17 2015.
• Smedmark, J.E.E., Swenson, U. & Anderberg, A.A. 2006. Accounting for variation of substitution rates through time in Bayesian phylogeny reconstruction of Sapotoideae (Sapotaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39(3): 706–721. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.01.018 . ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2015. Letestua. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Feb. 2015.