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.
Chrysophyllum is a group of trees in the Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.
Palaquium is a genus of about 120 species of trees in the family Sapotaceae. Their range is from India across Southeast Asia, Malesia, Papuasia, and Australasia, to the western Pacific Islands.
Manilkara is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae. They are widespread in tropical and semitropical locations, in Africa, Madagascar, Asia, Australia, and Latin America, as well as various islands in the Pacific and in the Caribbean. A close relative is the genus Pouteria.
Anisophyllea is a genus of plant in the family Anisophylleaceae. The generic name is from the Greek meaning "unequal leaf", referring to the dimorphism of the leaves.
Lecomtedoxa is a genus of plant in family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1914.
Madhuca is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae first described as a genus in 1791.
Placodiscus is a genus of plant in family Sapindaceae. The following species are accepted by Plants of the World Online:
Pteleopsis is a genus of plant in the family Combretaceae. PteleopsisEngl. is often considered a synonym of TerminaliaL., another genus of the same family which contains around 290 species.
Trichoscypha is a genus of plants in the family Anacardiaceae.
Vitellariopsis is a group of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1915. The genus is native to eastern and southern Africa.
- Vitellariopsis cuneata(Engl.) Aubrév. - Usambara Mts in Tanzania
- Vitellariopsis dispar(N.E.Br.) Aubrév. - Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal
- Vitellariopsis ferrugineaKupicha - Zimbabwe
- Vitellariopsis kirkii(Baker) Dubard - Nampula, Tanzania, Kenya
- Vitellariopsis marginata(N.E.Br.) Aubrév. - Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa
The Sapotoideae are a subfamily of the flowering plant family Sapotaceae. Plants in the subfamily are characterized by their leather-like leaves, often growing in a stipule fashion.
Dacryodes is a genus of about 60 species of trees in the family Burseraceae. The generic name is from the Greek dakruon meaning "tear(drop)", referring to how resin droplets form on the bark surface.
Planchonella is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. Named in honour of Jules Émile Planchon, it contains around 100 mainly tropical species, two of which occur in South America and about 18 in Australasia. It was described by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre. The genus is included in the larger genus Pouteria by some authorities, hence species such as Planchonella queenslandica are also known as Pouteria queenslandica.
Labourdonnaisia is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae found in tropical Asia, described as a genus in 1841.
Tridesmostemon is a genus of the plant family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1905.
Pachylobus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Burseraceae.
Donella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapotaceae.
Gambeya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapotaceae.
