Calophyllaceae

Mammea L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 512 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Old World, S. Mexico to Central America, Florida to Caribbean.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Republic, China South-Central, Christmas I., Congo, Cuba, Dominican Republic, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Florida, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Laos, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nigeria, Panamá, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Southwest Caribbean, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Ecuador, El Salvador, Society Is., Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 1, 344 (1737).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Comm. 72 of For. Res. Inst. Indonesia: 1–63 (1961)
  • Kosterm., The genera Mammea L. and Ochrocarpos Thou. (1956)
  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 228 (1754)
  • Smith & Darwin in Journ. Arn. Arb. 55: 237 (1974)
  • Sp. Pl.: 512 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
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