Omphalocarpum

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Navel fruit
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Omphalocarpum elatum , fruit
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Chrysophylloideae
Genus: Omphalocarpum
P.Beauv. 1800
Synonyms [1]
  • IturidendronDe Wild.
  • VanderystiaDe Wild.

Omphalocarpum (common name navel fruit) is a genus of plants belonging to the family Sapotaceae. It was first described in 1800 by Palisot de Beauvois. [2] The genus is native to tropical Africa. [1]

The following species are recognised by Kew. [3]

  1. O. adolfi-friederici Engl. & K.Krause, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 383 (1913).
  2. O. agglomeratum De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 4: 77 (1926).
  3. O. ahia A.Chev., Veg. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 5: 244 (1909).
  4. O. bequaertii De Wild., Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 7(Suppl.): 4 (1919).
  5. O. boyankombo De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 4: 81 (1926).
  6. O. bracteatum Baudon, Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille, IV, 7: 29 (1929).
  7. O. brieyi De Wild., Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 7(Suppl.): 6 (1919).
  8. O. busange De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 4: 84 (1926).
  9. O. cabrae De Wild., Miss. Ém. Laurent 1: 421 (1907).
  10. O. claessensii De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 4: 86 (1926).
  11. O. elatum Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 16 (1875).
  12. O. ghesquierei De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 4: 87 (1926).
  13. O. lecomteanum Pierre ex Engl., Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 8: 15 (1904).
  14. O. lescrauwaetii De Wild., Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 7(Suppl.): 8 (1919).
  15. O. lujai De Wild., Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 7(Suppl.): 10 (1919).
  16. O. massoko Baudon, Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille, IV, 7: 27 (1929).
  17. O. mayumbense Greves, J. Bot. 65(Suppl. 2): 70 (1927).
  18. O. mortehanii De Wild., Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 7(Suppl.): 11 (1919).
  19. O. ogouense Pierre ex Engl., Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 8: 17 (1904).
  20. O. pachysteloides Mildbr. ex Hutch. & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 13 (1931).
  21. O. pedicellatum De Wild., Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 7(Suppl.): 12 (1919).
  22. O. procerum P.Beauv., Fl. Oware 1: 10 (1805).
  23. O. sankuruense De Wild., Miss. Ém. Laurent 1: 419 (1907).
  24. O. sphaerocarpum De Wild., Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 7(Suppl.): 14 (1919).
  25. O. strombocarpum Y.B.Harv. & Lovett, Kew Bull. 54: 198 (1999).
  26. O. torosum Baudon, Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille, IV, 7: 30 (1929).
  27. O. vermoesenii De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 4: 97 (1926).

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