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Diploon

Diploon is a genus of plant in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1946.

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Diploon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Chrysophylloideae
Genus: Diploon
Cronquist
Species:
D. cuspidatum
Binomial name
Diploon cuspidatum
(Hoehne) Cronquist
Synonyms1
  • Diploön, spelling variant
  • Chrysophyllum cuspidatum Hoehne
  • Diploon venezuelana Aubrév.

Diploon is a genus of plant in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1946.23

There is only one known species, Diploon cuspidatum, native to South America (Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador).1456

References

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Cronquist, Arthur John. 1946. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 73: 466
  3. Tropicos, Diploon Cronquist
  4. Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.) (2005). Rutaceae-Zygophyllaceae. Flora of the Venenzuela Guayana 9: 1-608. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  5. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  6. Alves-Arauja, A. & Alves, M. (2010). Flora da Usina São José, Igarassu, Pernambuco: Sapotaceae. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 61: 303-318.