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426.0000 Family Sapotaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 151 (1789), nom. cons.
> 70 genera, ca. 1350 spp. tropical/subtropical (400 neotropical, 350 Africa, 350 Asia). Latest generic circumscription see Swenson et al. (2023)
Species listed in database: 1375
= Achradaceae Vest; Anleit. Stud. Bot. 273, 299 (1818)
= Boerlagellaceae H.J.Lam; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 7: 250 (1925)
= Bumeliaceae Barnhart; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 21 (1895)
= Sarcospermataceae H.J.Lam; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 7: 248 (1925), nom. cons.
426.2015 Genus Gambeya Pierre; Notes Bot. Sapot. 61 (1891); Hist. Pl. [Baillon] 11: 296 (1892)
Distribution: tropical Africa
Species listed in database: 16
species :
Gambeya africana (A.DC.) Pierre; Notes Bot. Sapot. 63 (1891)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; São Tomé; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Angola
22 GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE 23 BIO CAF CMN CON GAB SAO ZAI 25 UGA 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Chrysophyllum africanum A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 8: 163 (1844)
= Chrysophyllum africanum var. aubrevillei (Pellegr.) Aubrév.; Fl. Forest. Côte d´Ivoire [Aubréville] 3: 116 (1936)
= Chrysophyllum africanum var. casteelsii De Wild.
= Chrysophyllum africanum var. likimensis De Wild.
= Chrysophyllum africanum var. multinervatum De Wild.; Pl. Bequaert. 4: 121 (1926)
= Chrysophyllum akusae A.Chev.; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 267 (1914 publ. 1917) [tentative synonym]
= Chrysophyllum delevoyi De Wild.; Pl. Bequaert. 4: 126 (1926)
= Chrysophyllum edule Hoyle; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1932: 269 (1932)
= Chrysophyllum macrophyllum Sabine; Trans. Hort. Soc. London 5: 458 (1824), nom. illeg.
= Chrysophyllum zimmermannii Engl.; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 8: 44 (1904) (tentative synonym)
= Gambeya africana var. aubrevillei Pellegr.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 78: 682 (1931 publ. 1932)
= Gambeya africana var. oblongifolia Lecomte ex Pellegr.
= Gambeya kali Aubrév. & Pellegr.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 16: 249 (1961)
= Planchonella africana (A.DC.) Baehni; Boissiera 11: 68 (1965)
species :
Gambeya albida (G.Don) Aubrév. & Pellegr.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 16: 247 (1961)
Distribution: Sierra Leone; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; South Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Trinidad & Tobago [I]
22 BEN GHA IVO NGA SIE 23 BIO CAF CMN CON GAB PRI SAO 24 SSU 25 KEN UGA 81 trt
Synonyms: hidden
= Achras sericea Schumach. & Thonn.; Beskr. Guin. Pl. [Schumacher] 176 (1827) (nom. illeg.)
= Chrysophyllum albidum G.Don; Gen. Hist. 4: 32 (1837)
= Chrysophyllum calophyllum Exell; Cat. Vasc. Pl. S. Tomé [Exell] 234 (1944) (tentative synonym)
= Chrysophyllum henriquesii Engl.; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 8: 45 (1904)
= Chrysophyllum kayei S.Moore; J. Bot. 47: 412 (1909)
= Chrysophyllum millenianum Engl.; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 8: 44 (1904)
= Gambeya mammosa Pierre; Notes Bot. Sapot. 61 (1891)
= Planchonella albida (G.Don) Baehni; Boissiera 11: 68 (1965)
= Sapota sericea A.DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 8: 176 (1844)
species :
Gambeya azaguieana (J.Miège) Aubrév. & Pellegr.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 16: 247 (1961)
Distribution: Ivory Coast; Ghana
22 GHA IVO
Synonyms: hidden
= Chrysophyllum azaguieanum J.Miège; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 103: 145 (1956)
= Malacantha azaguieana (J.Miège) Baehni; Boissiera 11: 30 (1965)
species :
Gambeya beguei (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Aubrev & Pellegr.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 16: 247 (1961)
Distribution: Ivory Coast; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Chad; Uganda
22 IVO 23 CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 24 CHA 25 UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Chrysophyllum beguei Aubrév. & Pellegr.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 81: 795 (1934 publ. 1935)
species :
Gambeya boiviniana Pierre; Notes Bot. Sapot. 63 (1891)
Distribution: Madagascar; Comores (Mayotte, etc.)
29 COM MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Chrysophyllum boivinianum (Pierre) Baehni; Boissiera 11: 76 (1965)
= Diospyros minutiloba H.Perrier; Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 4: 135 (1952)
= Gambeya boiviniana var. lavanchiana Aubrév.; Fl. Madagasc., Fam. 164: 110 (1974)
= Gambeya madagascariensis Lecomte; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 26: 649 (1920)
species :
Gambeya boukokoensis Aubrév. & Pellegr.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 16: 248 (1961)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic
23 CAF CMN CON GAB
Synonyms: hidden
= Chrysophyllum boukokoense (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) L.Gaut.; Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. [Lebrun & Stork] 4: 27 (1997)
= Chrysophyllum boukokoense (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Govaerts; World Checkl. Seed Pl. 3(1): 15 (1999), isonym
species :
Gambeya gigantea (A.Chev.) Aubrév. & Pellegr.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 16: 247 (1961)
Distribution: Sierra Leone; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D. R. Congo [Zaire]
22 GHA IVO NGA SIE 23 CMN CON GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Chrysophyllum giganteum A.Chev.; Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 267 (1914 publ. 1917)
= Gambeyobotrys gigantea (A.Chev.) Aubrév.; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 12(2): 187 (1972)
species :
Gambeya gorungosana (Engl.) Liben; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 58(3-4): 556 (1988)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; ?South Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
23 CMN GAB ZAI 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Chrysophyllum fulvum S.Moore; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 131 (1911)
= Chrysophyllum gorungosanum Engl.; Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 8: 44 (1904)
species :
Gambeya korupensis Ewango & Kenfack; Kew Bull. 71(2)-28: 2 (2016)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
species :
Gambeya lacourtiana (De Wild.) Aubrév. & Pellegr.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 16: 247 (1961)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Chrysophyllum autranianum A.Chev.; Vég. Utiles Afrique Trop. Franç. 9: 265 (1917)
= Chrysophyllum lacourtianum De Wild.; Miss. Ém. Laurent 1: 425 (1907)
species :
Gambeya lungi (De Wild.) Aubrév. & Pellegr.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 16: 247 (1961)
Distribution: Congo [Brazzaville]; D. R. Congo [Zaire]
23 CON ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Chrysophyllum lungi De Wild.; Pl. Bequaert. 4: 134 (1926)
species :
Gambeya muerensis (Engl.) Liben; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 59(3-4): 480 (1989)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Uganda
23 ZAI 24 SSU 25 UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Chrysophyllum muerense Engl.; Wiss. Ergebn. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped. (1907-1908), Bot. 2: 521 (1913)
species :
Gambeya perpulchra (Mildbr. ex Hutch. & Dalziel) Aubrév. & Pellegr.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 16: 247 (1961)
Distribution: Guinea; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Uganda; Tanzania
22 GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA 23 CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 25 TAN UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Chrysophyllum africanum var. orientale Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 390 (1913)
= Chrysophyllum perpulchrum Mildbr. ex Hutch. & Dalziel; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 2: 9, 10 (1931), in clavi, et Kew Bull. 57 (1937)
species :
Gambeya prunifolia (Baker) Aubrév. & Pellegr.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 16: 247 (1961)
Distribution: Nigeria; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]
22 NGA 23 BIO
Synonyms: hidden
= Chrysophyllum prunifolium Baker; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 3: 499 (1877)
species :
Gambeya subnuda (Baker) Pierre; Notes Bot. Sapot. 61 (1891)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Nigeria; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; Angola
22 GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE 23 CAF CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI 25 UGA 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Chrysophyllum brieyi De Wild.; Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 7: Suppl. Bot. 21 (1919)
= Chrysophyllum metallicum Hutch. & Dalziel; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. [Hutchinson & Dalziel] 2: 9 (1931), et Kew Bull. 56 (1937), latine
= Chrysophyllum normandi A.Chev.; Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 23: 139 (1943), anglice
= Chrysophyllum renieri De Wild.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 376 (1914)
= Chrysophyllum subnudum Baker; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 3: 499 (1877)
= Planchonella subnuda (Baker) Baehni; Boissiera 11: 68 (1965)
species :
Gambeya taiensis (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Aubrév. & Pellegr.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 16: 247 (1961)
Distribution: Ivory Coast
22 IVO
Synonyms: hidden
= Chrysophyllum taiense Aubrév. & Pellegr.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 104: 279 (1957)
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