Sapotaceae Juss.

First published in Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 151. 1789 [4 Aug 1789] (1789)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Accepted Genera

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Chai, P. P. K. & Yii, P. C. (2002). Sapotaceae. In: E. Soepadmo, L. G. Saw & R. C. K. Chung (eds), (2004), Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak 4: 203–345. Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Sabah Forestry Department; Sarawak Forestry Department, Kuala Lumpur.
  • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D. G. & Pennington, T. D. (2001). World Checklist and Bibliography of Sapotaceae. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kupicha, F. K. (1983). Sapotaceae. Flora Zambesiaca 7: 210–247. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pennington, T. D. (1991). The Genera of Sapotaceae. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pennington, T. D. (2007). 152. Sapotaceae. Flora of Ecuador 80. University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg.

Neotropikey

  • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Pennington, T.D. (2001). World Checklist & Bibliography of Sapotaceae, pp. 361. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pennington, T.D. & Edwards, K.S. (2005). Sapotaceae. In: Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. and Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana vol. 9, pp. 89-137. Missouri Botanical Garden, Press, St. Louis.
  • Pennington, T.D. (1990). Flora Neotropica vol. 52, pp. 770. New York Botanical Garden Press, New York.
  • Pennington, T.D. (1991). The Genera of Sapotaceae, pp. 295.  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pennington, T.D. (2002). Sapotaceae. In: Mori, S.A., Cremers, G., Gracie, C.A., de Granville, J.J., Heald, S.V., Hoff, M. & Mitchell, J.D. (eds.), Guide to the Vascular Plants of Central French Guiana vol. 2, pp. 669-83. New York Botanical Garden Press, New York.
  • Pennington, T.D. (2004). Sapotaceae. In: Smith, N., Mori, S.A., Henderson, A., Stevenson, D.W. & Heald, S.V. (eds.), Flowering Plants of the Neotropics, pp. 342-344. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton.
  • Pennington, T.D. (2006). Sapotaceae. Flora da Reserva Ducke, Brasil. Rodriguesia 57 (2): 251-366.
  • Pennington, T.D. (2007). Sapotaceae. In: Harling, G. & Persson, C. (eds.), Fl. Ecuador No. 152, pp. 195. Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg.
  • Pool, A. (2001). Sapotaceae. In: Stevens, W.D., C. Ulloa, A. Pool & O.M. Montiel (eds.), Flora de Nicaragua vol. 3. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85: 2332-2354.

Trees of New Guinea

  • Faria, A.D., Pirani, J.R., da Silva Ribeiro, J.E.L., Nylinder, S., Terra-Araujo, M.H., Vieira, P.P. & Swenson, U. (2017). Towards a natural classification of Sapotaceae subfamily Chrysophylloideae in the Neotropics. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 185: 27–55.
  • Gautier, L., Naciri, Y., Anderberg, A.A., Smedmark, J.E.E., Randrianaivo, R. & Swenson, U. (2013). A new species, genus and tribe of Sapotaceae, endemic to Madagascar. Taxon 62: 972–983.
  • Jessup, L.W. (2019). A taxonomic revision of Sapotaceae for mainland Australia. Austrobaileya 10: 321–382.
  • Lam, H.J. (1948). Sarcospermaceae. Fl. Males., Ser. I, Spermat. 4: 32–34.
  • Marie Briggs, Timothy M.A. Utteridge and Ulf Swenson (2022). Trees of New Guinea. Timothy M. A. Utteridge and Laura V. S. Jennings (Eds) Kew Publishing. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Pennington, T.D. (1991). The Genera of Sapotaceae. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and New York Botanical Garden.
  • Swenson, U. & Anderberg A.A. (2005). Phylogeny, character evolution, and classification of Sapotaceae (Ericales). Cladistics 21: 101–130.
  • Swenson, U., Bartish, I.V. & Munzinger, J. (2007). Phylogeny, diagnostic characters and generic limitation of Australasian Chrysophylloideae (Sapotaceae, Ericales): Evidence from ITS sequence data and morphology. Cladistics 23: 201–228.
  • Swenson, U., Nylinder, S. & Munzinger, J. (2013). Towards a natural classification of Sapotaceae subfamily Chrysophylloideae in Oceania and Southeast Asia based on nuclear sequence data. Taxon 62: 746–770.
  • Vink, W. (1995). Revision of Magodendron (Sapotaceae) with observations on floral development and morphology. Blumea 40: 91–107.
  • Vink, W. (2007). Sapotaceae of Papua. In: A.J. Marshall & B.M. Beehler (eds), The Ecology of Papua, Part One, pp. 462–472. Periplus Editions, Singapore.
  • van Royen, P. (1957) Revision of the Sapotaceae of the Malaysian area in a wider sense. VII. Planchonella Pierre. Blumea 8: 235–445.
  • van Royen, P. (1960) Revision of the Sapotaceae of the Malaysian area in a wider sense. XX. Madhuca Gmelin. Blumea 10: 1–117.
  • van Royen, P. (1960) Revision of the Sapotaceae of the Malaysian area in a wider sense. XXII. Palaquium Blanco. Blumea 10: 432–606.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2014 Buchanan-Hamilton, F. [Cat. no. s.n.] India K001132923 Unknown Type Material Yes
Nov 1, 2014 s.coll. [Cat. no. s.n.] Singapore K001132724 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 2014 Deden, Feri,, Briggs, M. [BOHK 116a] Indonesia K000734884 No
Apr 1, 2012 Sumbing, J. [SAN 128034] Malaysia K000733539 No
Apr 1, 2012 Burley, J.S.; Lee, B. [348] Malaysia K000733541 No
Apr 1, 2012 de Vogel, E.F. [1842] Indonesia K000733530 No
Apr 1, 2012 Rantai Jawa [S.74266] Malaysia K000009261 No
Apr 1, 2012 Maskuri [961] K000733532 No
Apr 1, 2012 Cockburn, P.F. [KEP 8275] Malaysia K000733535 No
Apr 1, 2012 Soepadmo, E., et al. [FRI 41305] Malaysia K000733540 No
Apr 1, 2012 Smythies, B.E., et al. [S.5907] Brunei K000733542 No
Apr 1, 2012 Jamree, Awg, Enjah et al. [S.76743] Malaysia K000009262 No
Apr 1, 2012 Cuadra, A. [A 2148] Malaysia K000733537 No
Apr 1, 2012 Pereira, J.T., et al. [JTP 291] Malaysia K000733538 No
Apr 1, 2012 Soepadmo, E.; Mahmud [1263] Malaya K000733529 No
Apr 1, 2012 Lee, B. [S.46473] Malaysia K000733534 No
Apr 1, 2012 Wyatt-Smith, J. [80503] Malaysia K000733528 No
Apr 1, 2012 Mujin, M.A. [SAN 37849] Malaysia K000733531 No
Apr 1, 2012 Mokhtar, A. [S.44883] Malaysia K000733533 No
Apr 1, 2012 Arsat [1330] Malaysia K000733526 No
Apr 1, 2012 Arsat [1330] Malaysia K000733527 No
Aug 29, 2003 Takeuchi, W., et al. [13348] Papua New Guinea K000009293 Yes
Morat, Ph. [6227] New Caledonia K001516401 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [28668] Cameroon K000029758 No
K:SPC-22082.000 No
Thomas, D.W. [620] Cameroon K000029763 No
Malaysia K:SPC-65913.000 No
Plowman; et al. [12621] Brazil K:SPC-52998.000 No
K:SPC-65999.000 No
[NGF.29967] Papua New Guinea K:SPC-30766.000 No
Malaysia K:SPC-66070.000 No
de Moura, L.C.; Costa, F.S.N.; de Queiroz, G.A. [2] Brazil K001871748 No
Vásquez, R.; Rojas, R.; Flores, J.; Shareva M, G.; Garcia G, A. [42380] Peru K001925562 No
Vásquez, R.; Valenzuela G, L.; Flores, J.; Shareva M, G.; Garcia G, A.; Chetilan, J. [42093] Peru K001925558 No
Valenzuela G, L.; Zhender, R.; Garcia G, A.; Garcia, R. [37552] Peru K001925537 No
Valenzuela G, L.; Zhender, R.; Garcia G, A.; Garcia, R.; Arbildo, J.; Chávez; Elmer; Calampa, E. [37027] Peru K001925548 No
Valenzuela G, L.; Zhender, R.; Garcia G, A.; Garcia, R.; Chávez; Elmer; Arbildo, J.; Calampa, E. [36831] Peru K001925552 No
Vásquez, R.; Valenzuela G, L.; Flores, J.; Shareva M, G.; Garcia G, A.; Chetilan, J. [41631] Peru K001925554 No
Valenzuela, L.; Villalba, M. [20051] Peru K001925523 No
Valenzuela G, L.; Flores, J.; Zhender, R. [35913] Peru K001925521 No
Gentry; Dillon; Aronson; Diaz [23069] Peru K001925532 No
Valenzuela G, L.; Zhender, R.; Garcia G, A.; Garcia, R. [37746] Peru K001925529 No
Teo, S.; Jamree; et al [S. 75694] Malaysia K001935092 No
Morgan, B.J. [BJM 323] Gabon K001930272 Yes
Melo, E.; Marques da Silva, B.; Jardim, J. [10888] Brazil K001930624 No
Jamree; Awg Enjah; et al [S.81674] Malaysia K001925974 No
Carvalho [6425] Equatorial Guinea K001906826 No
Redden, K.M.; Perry, C.; Singh, D.; Alexander, E.; James, H.; John, N.; Simon, H.; Joseph, E. [5257] Guyana K001635935 No
Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M.; Watanabe, M.; Pereira, J. [58300] Brazil K001577361 No
Maitland, T.D. [718] Cameroon K000029760 No
Jeffrey, C. [1171] Seychelles K:SPC-18991.000 No
K:SPC-22083.000 No
Thomas, D.W. [10593] Cameroon K001383783 Yes
Yii Puan Ching et al [S. 67500] Malaysia K001536004 No
Gardner, S. Tippayasri, P. [ST1401] Thailand K001536006 No
ST0073 [Gardner, S. Sidisunthorn, P.] Thailand K001536009 No
Gardner, S Tippayasri, P. [ST1600] Thailand K001536011 No
Du, N.V.; Quang, B.H.; Chinh, V.T.; The, P.V.; de Kok, R.; Xanthos, M.D.; Moore, A.; Sinou, C.J.A.M; Clark, R.P.; Little, P.I. [HNK 3481] Vietnam K001536018 No
Du, N.V.; Quang, B.H.; Chinh, V.T.; The, P.V.; de Kok, R.; Xanthos, M.D.; Moore, A.; Sinou, C.J.A.M; Clark, R.P.; Little, P.I. [HNK 3481] Vietnam K001536016 No
Gardner, S. [ST2663] Thailand K001569831 Yes
Rodriguez, D.; Ramos, H.; Pereira, J.; Villacorta, A. [6864] El Salvador K001532149 No
Redden, K.M.; Perry, C.; Singh, D.; Alexander, E.; James, H.; John, N.; Simon, H.; Joseph, E. [124] Guyana K001635934 No
Redden, K.M.; Wurdack, K.; Tripp, E.; Radosavljevic, A.; Jacobis, C.; Ralph, J. [7256] Guyana K001635927 No
Redden, K.M.; Perry, C.; Williams, R. [1249] Guyana K001635946 No
Redden, K.M.; Perry, C.; Singh, D.; Benjamin, P. [5606] Guyana K001635949 No
Lucas, E.J.; Low, Y.W.; Wanma, J.F.; Wader, J.H.; Wambrauw, K.; Nassa, K.; Wuesan, F.F.; Susim, B. [EL 1261] Indonesia K001905772 No
Rakotonasolo, F.; Randrianasolo, M. [RNF 506] Madagascar K001622497 Yes
Lai; Rantai; et al [S. 71113] Malaysia K001639057 Yes
Henkel, T.; Williams, R.; James, R. [5347] Guyana K001890003 No
Henkel, T.W.; Chin, M.; Williams, R.; James, R. [5254] Guyana K001890007 No
Henkel, T.; Williams, R.; James, R. [5414] Guyana K001890008 No
De Jong, W.; Shanley, P. [130] Peru K001890146 No
K:SPC-65950.000 No
[2599] Tanzania K:SPC-00987.000 No
Mayo, A.K. [233] Brazil K:SPC-54188.000 No
Maitland, T.D. [718] Cameroon K000029762 No
Maitland, T.D. [718] Cameroon K000029759 No
Thomas, D.W. [1121] Cameroon K:SPC-43517.000 No
Sands, M.J.S. [1214] Papua New Guinea K:SPC-13369.011 No
K:SPC-65940.000 No
Pennington, T.D. [10325] New Caledonia K:SPC-53043.000 No
Malaysia K:SPC-65958.000 No
Maitland, T.D. [718] Cameroon K000029761 No
K:SPC-65953.000 No
K:SPC-66084.000 No
Mori [20666] Brazil K:SPC-54673.000 No

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