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    Omphalocarpum

    Topic: Biology

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    Short description: Genus of trees


    Navel fruit
    Omphalocarpum MHNT.BOT.2005.0.jpg
    Omphalocarpum elatum, fruit
    Scientific classification e
    Kingdom: Plantae
    Clade: Tracheophytes
    Clade: Angiosperms
    Clade: Eudicots
    Clade: Asterids
    Order: Ericales
    Family: Sapotaceae
    Subfamily: Chrysophylloideae
    Genus: Omphalocarpum
    P.Beauv. 1800
    Synonyms[1]
    • Ituridendron De Wild.
    • Vanderystia De Wild.

    Omphalocarpum (common name navel fruit) is a genus of plants belonging to the family Sapotaceae. It was first described in 1800 by Palisot de Beauvois.[2] The genus is endemic to tropical Africa.[1]

    The following species are recognised by Kew.[3]

    1. O. adolfi-friederici Engl. & K.Krause, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 383 (1913).
    2. O. agglomeratum De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 4: 77 (1926).
    3. O. ahia A.Chev., Veg. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 5: 244 (1909).
    4. O. bequaertii De Wild., Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 7(Suppl.): 4 (1919).
    5. O. boyankombo De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 4: 81 (1926).
    6. O. bracteatum Baudon, Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille, IV, 7: 29 (1929).
    7. O. brieyi De Wild., Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 7(Suppl.): 6 (1919).
    8. O. busange De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 4: 84 (1926).
    9. O. cabrae De Wild., Miss. Ém. Laurent 1: 421 (1907).
    10. O. claessensii De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 4: 86 (1926).
    11. O. elatum Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 16 (1875).
    12. O. ghesquierei De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 4: 87 (1926).
    13. O. lecomteanum Pierre ex Engl., Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 8: 15 (1904).
    14. O. lescrauwaetii De Wild., Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 7(Suppl.): 8 (1919).
    15. O. lujai De Wild., Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 7(Suppl.): 10 (1919).
    16. O. massoko Baudon, Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille, IV, 7: 27 (1929).
    17. O. mayumbense Greves, J. Bot. 65(Suppl. 2): 70 (1927).
    18. O. mortehanii De Wild., Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 7(Suppl.): 11 (1919).
    19. O. ogouense Pierre ex Engl., Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 8: 17 (1904).
    20. O. pachysteloides Mildbr. ex Hutch. & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 13 (1931).
    21. O. pedicellatum De Wild., Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 7(Suppl.): 12 (1919).
    22. O. procerum P.Beauv., Fl. Oware 1: 10 (1805).
    23. O. sankuruense De Wild., Miss. Ém. Laurent 1: 419 (1907).
    24. O. sphaerocarpum De Wild., Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 7(Suppl.): 14 (1919).
    25. O. strombocarpum Y.B.Harv. & Lovett, Kew Bull. 54: 198 (1999).
    26. O. torosum Baudon, Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille, IV, 7: 30 (1929).
    27. O. vermoesenii De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 4: 97 (1926).

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
    2. ↑ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1800. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 2: 146–147 in French
    3. ↑ The Plant List

    Wikidata ☰ Q48804 entry




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