Amorphospermum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Sapotaceae |
Subfamily: | Chrysophylloideae |
Genus: | Amorphospermum F.Muell. |
Species: | A. antilogum |
Binomial name | |
Amorphospermum antilogum | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Amorphospermum is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1870. [2] [3]
There is only one accepted species, Amorphospermum antilogum, native to Queensland, New South Wales, and Papua New Guinea. [1]
now in other genera: Elaeoluma Englerophytum Niemeyera Pycnandra Synsepalum
The Sapotaceae are a family of flowering plants belonging to the order Ericales. The family includes about 800 species of evergreen trees and shrubs in around 65 genera. Their distribution is pantropical.
Balanops is a group of flowering plants described as a genus in 1871. The nine species are trees or shrubs, found in New Caledonia, Fiji, Vanuatu, and northern Queensland. They are dioecious, with separate male and female plants.
Codiaeum is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1824. It is native to insular Southeast Asia, northern Australia and Papuasia.
Niemeyera is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1870. The entire genus is endemic to Australia. Its closest relative is Pycnandra from New Caledonia.
Astronium is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae. It is native to Central and South America.
Delarbrea balansae is a species of flowering plant of family Myodocarpaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia. It has previously been classified as the sole member of genus Pseudosciadium, but molecular and morphological studies point to its inclusion in the genus Delarbrea.
Englerophytum magalismontanum, commonly known as stamvrug, is an evergreen tree that mostly grows in rocky places. It has an extensive range, from northern KwaZulu-Natal northwards along the east coast and into the southern African interior, and northwards into tropical Africa.
Synsepalum is a genus of trees and shrubs in the chicle family, Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1852.
Cyphosperma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Arecaceae, native to various islands of the Pacific. It contains the following species:
Oncotheca is a genus of tree endemic to New Caledonia. There are two species, Oncotheca balansae and Oncotheca humboldtiana.
Chrysophylloideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the chicle family, Sapotaceae.
Niemeyera whitei known as the rusty plum or plum boxwood is a rare tree of eastern Australia. It occurs on poorer soils in areas below 600 metres above sea level. Found in gully, warm temperate or littoral rainforests. From the Macleay River, New South Wales to Tallebudgera Creek in south eastern Queensland.
Pseudacraea boisduvali, or Boisduval's false acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It has an extensive range which includes much of the tropics and subtropics of sub-Saharan Africa.
Euptera elabontas, the common euptera, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. Its habitat consists of forests.
Catuna crithea, the common pathfinder, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and northern and western Zambia. The habitat consists of dense lowland forests and the riverine forest floor.
Blastobasis acirfa is a moth in the family Blastobasidae. It is found in Kenya. The habitat consists of coastal lowlands and the western highlands.
Englerophytum natalense, the silver-leaf milkplum, is a medium-sized, evergreen tree that occurs along forested escarpments from East Africa to South Africa. The leaves are alternately arranged or spiralled, and to some extent crowded near the ends of branches. They are glossy green to greyish green above and covered in silvery hairs below. The stem is straight and the bark smooth. Young branches are covered with dense brownish hairs. The plant contains a milky latex.
Englerophytum is a group of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1914.
Elaeoluma is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1891.
Afrosciadium natalense is a member of the carrot family, Apiaceae. It is a perennial tuberous herb, endemic to the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.