Sersalisia

Sersalisia
Sersalisia sericea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Sapotaceae
Subfamily:	Chrysophylloideae
Genus:	Sersalisia R.Br.
Type species
Sersalisia sericea (Aiton) R.Br. [1] [2]

Sersalisia is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1810. ^{[3] [2]}

Past circumscriptions of the genus have included more species, several of which have now been transferred to other genera. ^{[4] [5]} Recent phylogenetic and morphological studies support 5-7 species native to Australia, New Guinea, and Malesia. ^{[6] [7]} Plants of the World Online currently accepts five species. ^[8]

Species

5 species are currently accepted. ^[8]

• Sersalisia luzoniensis (Merr.) Swenson – Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Islands, and New Guinea
• Sersalisia obpyriformis (F.M.Bailey) Domin – northeastern Queensland
• Sersalisia sericea (Aiton) R.Br. - Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia
• Sersalisia sessiliflora (C.T.White) Aubrév. - northeastern Queensland
• Sersalisia unmackiana (F.M.Bailey) Domin – northern Queensland

References

1. lectotype designated by Baehni, Boissiera 11: 49 (1965)
2. Tropicos, Sersalisia R. Br
3. Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum 529-530 in Latin
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Jessup, L. W. A Taxonomic Revision of Sapotaceae for Mainland Australia. Austrobaileya, vol. 10, no. 3, 2019, pp. 321–82. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/27025473. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
7. Swenson, U., Nylinder, S., Marticorena, A., Thulin, M. and Lepschi, B. (2023), Phylogenetic position and reinstatement of Gayella (Sapotaceae), a monotypic genus endemic to Chile with an Eocene origin in continental Australia. Taxon, 72: 360-374. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12826
8. "Sersalisia R.Br". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 7 April 2025.