Sapotaceae

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Sapotaceae
Subfamiliae: Chrysophylloideae – Sapotoideae – Sarcospermatoideae
Genera: Abebaia – Achrouteria – Amorphospermum – Aningeria – Aubregrinia – Aulandra – Autranella – Baillonella – Bemangidia – Breviea – Burckella – Capurodendron – Chromolucuma – Chrysophyllum – Cornuella – Delpydora – Diploknema – Diploon – Donella – Eberhardtia – Ecclinusa – Elaeoluma – Englerella – Englerophytum – Faucherea – Gambeya – Gluema – Inhambanella – Isonandra – Labatia – Labourdonnaisia – Labramia – Lecomtedoxa – Letestua – Lucuma – Madhuca – Magodendron – Malacantha – Manilkara – Martiusella – Micropholis – Mimusops – Nemaluma – Neohemsleya – Neolemonniera – Niemeyera – Northia – Omphalocarpum – Palaquium – Payena – Peteniodendron – Pichonia – Planchonella – Pleioluma – Pouteria – Pradosia – Prieurella – Pycnandra – Ragala – Sahulia – Sarcaulus – Sarcosperma – Sersalisia – Sideroxylon – Spiniluma – Synsepalum – Tieghemella – Tridesmostemon – Tsebona – Van-royena – Vitellaria – Vitellariopsis – Xantolis

Name

Sapotaceae Juss. Gen. Pl. 151. (1789) nom. cons.

Type genus: Sapota Mill., (1754) nom. illeg. ≡ Achras L., (1753), nom. rej. = Manilkara Adans., (1763) nom. cons.

Family circumscription sensu Swenson & Anderberg (2005) & Swenson (2023) see discussion page for older classification according to Pennington (1991).

References

Jussieu, A.L. de 1789. Genera Plantarum, 151. BHL.
Frodin, D.G., Govaerts, R. & Pennington, T.D. (2001) World Checklist and Bibliography of Sapotaceae, Kew Publishing, Richmond, Surrey.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Sapotaceae in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Oct. 14. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Sapotaceae. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 12 2022.
Pennington, T.D. 1991. The Genera of Sapotaceae, pp. 295. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page.
Stride, G., Nylinder, S. & Swenson, U. 2014. Revisiting the biogeography of Sideroxylon (Sapotaceae) and an evaluation of the taxonomic status of Argania and Spiniluma. Australian Systematic Botany 27(2): 104–118. DOI: 10.1071/SB14010 . ResearchGate . Reference page.
Swenson, U. & Anderberg, A.A. 2005. Phylogeny, character evolution, and classification of Sapotaceae (Ericales). Cladistics 21(2): 101–130. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2005.00056.x PDF Reference page.
Swenson, U., Nylinder, S. & Munzinger, J. 2014. Sapotaceae biogeography supports New Caledonia being an old Darwinian island. Journal of Biogeography 41(4): 797–809. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12246 Reference page.
Swenson, U., Lepschi, B.J., Lowry, P.P., Terra-Araujo, M.H., Santos, K., Nylinder, S. & Alves-Araújo, A. 2023. Reassessment of generic boundaries in Neotropical Chrysophylloideae (Sapotaceae): Eleven reinstated genera and narrowed circumscriptions of Chrysophyllum and Pouteria. Taxon 72(2): 307–359. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12894 Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Sapotaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 Dec. 2022.

Vernacular names

čeština: sapodilové
suomi: Sapotillakasvit
հայերեն: Սապոտազգիներ
日本語: アカテツ科
中文: 山榄科

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