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Amorphospermum

Amorphospermum is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1870.

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Amorphospermum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Chrysophylloideae
Genus: Amorphospermum
F.Muell.
Species:
A. antilogum
Binomial name
Amorphospermum antilogum
Synonyms1
  • Lucuma amorphosperma F.M.Bailey
  • Sersalisia antiloga (F.Muell.) Domin
  • Chrysophyllum antilogum (F.Muell.) Vink
  • Niemeyera antiloga (F.Muell.) T.D.Penn.

Amorphospermum is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1870.23

There is only one accepted species, Amorphospermum antilogum, native to Queensland, New South Wales, and Papua New Guinea.1

formerly included1

now in other genera: Elaeoluma Englerophytum Niemeyera Pycnandra Synsepalum

  • A. balansae - Pycnandra balansae
  • A. cerasiferum - Synsepalum cerasiferum
  • A. chartaceum - Niemeyera chartacea
  • A. msolo - Synsepalum msolo
  • A. natalense - Englerophytum natalense
  • A. pruniferum - Niemeyera prunifera
  • A. schomburgkianum - Elaeoluma schomburgkiana
  • A. whitei - Niemeyera whitei
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