Mimusops
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Sapotaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sapotoideae |
| Genus: | Mimusops L. |
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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]
- Mimusops acutifolia - Tanzania
- Mimusops aedificatoria - Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi
- Mimusops affinis - Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Mimusops afra - Mozambique, South Africa (Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal)
- Mimusops andamanensis - Andaman Is
- Mimusops andongensis - West and Central Africa
- Mimusops angel - Somalia
- Mimusops ankaibeensis - Madagascar
- Mimusops antongilensis - Madagascar
- Mimusops antorakensis - Madagascar
- Mimusops antsiranensis - Madagascar
- Mimusops bagshawei - East Africa
- Mimusops balata - Mauritius, Réunion
- Mimusops capuronii - Madagascar
- Mimusops comorensis - Comoros
- Mimusops coriacea - Comoros, Madagascar
- Mimusops dodensis - Cameroon
- Mimusops ebolowensis - Cameroon
- Mimusops elengi - South and Southeast Asia, Papuasia
- Mimusops erythroxylon - Mauritius
- Mimusops giorgii - Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Mimusops kummel - tropical Africa
- Mimusops laurifolia - NE Africa, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
- Mimusops lecomtei - Madagascar
- Mimusops lohindri - Madagascar
- Mimusops longipedicellata - Madagascar
- Mimusops mayumbensis - Cabinda
- Mimusops membranacea - Madagascar
- Mimusops mildbraedii - Cameroon
- Mimusops ngembe - Cameroon
- Mimusops nossibeensis - Nosi Bé Island
- Mimusops oblongifolia - Réunion
- Mimusops obovata - Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa
- Mimusops obtusifolia - East and Southeast Africa, Comoros, Madagascar
- Mimusops occidentalis - Madagascar
- Mimusops penduliflora - Tanzania
- Mimusops perrieri - Madagascar
- Mimusops petiolaris - Mauritius
- Mimusops riparia - Kenya, Tanzania
- Mimusops sambiranensis - Madagascar
- Mimusops sechellarum - Seychelles
- Mimusops somalensis - Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia
- Mimusops voalela - Madagascar
- Mimusops zeyheri - Central and Southern Africa
- Mimusops zeylanica - Sri Lanka
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 349
- ^ Tropicos, Mimusops L.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Allaby, Michael. 1998. A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. Oxford University Press, New York
- ^ Mimusops. Flora of Pakistan.
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