Sapotaceae Juss.

First published in Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 151. 1789 [4 Aug 1789] (1789)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Accepted Genera

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Chai, P. P. K. & Yii, P. C. (2002). Sapotaceae. In: E. Soepadmo, L. G. Saw & R. C. K. Chung (eds), (2004), Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak 4: 203–345. Forest Research Institute Malaysia; Sabah Forestry Department; Sarawak Forestry Department, Kuala Lumpur.
  • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D. G. & Pennington, T. D. (2001). World Checklist and Bibliography of Sapotaceae. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Kupicha, F. K. (1983). Sapotaceae. Flora Zambesiaca 7: 210–247. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pennington, T. D. (1991). The Genera of Sapotaceae. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pennington, T. D. (2007). 152. Sapotaceae. Flora of Ecuador 80. University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg.

Neotropikey

  • Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Pennington, T.D. (2001). World Checklist & Bibliography of Sapotaceae, pp. 361. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pennington, T.D. & Edwards, K.S. (2005). Sapotaceae. In: Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. and Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana vol. 9, pp. 89-137. Missouri Botanical Garden, Press, St. Louis.
  • Pennington, T.D. (1990). Flora Neotropica vol. 52, pp. 770. New York Botanical Garden Press, New York.
  • Pennington, T.D. (1991). The Genera of Sapotaceae, pp. 295.  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Pennington, T.D. (2002). Sapotaceae. In: Mori, S.A., Cremers, G., Gracie, C.A., de Granville, J.J., Heald, S.V., Hoff, M. & Mitchell, J.D. (eds.), Guide to the Vascular Plants of Central French Guiana vol. 2, pp. 669-83. New York Botanical Garden Press, New York.
  • Pennington, T.D. (2004). Sapotaceae. In: Smith, N., Mori, S.A., Henderson, A., Stevenson, D.W. & Heald, S.V. (eds.), Flowering Plants of the Neotropics, pp. 342-344. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton.
  • Pennington, T.D. (2006). Sapotaceae. Flora da Reserva Ducke, Brasil. Rodriguesia 57 (2): 251-366.
  • Pennington, T.D. (2007). Sapotaceae. In: Harling, G. & Persson, C. (eds.), Fl. Ecuador No. 152, pp. 195. Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg.
  • Pool, A. (2001). Sapotaceae. In: Stevens, W.D., C. Ulloa, A. Pool & O.M. Montiel (eds.), Flora de Nicaragua vol. 3. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85: 2332-2354.

Trees of New Guinea

  • Faria, A.D., Pirani, J.R., da Silva Ribeiro, J.E.L., Nylinder, S., Terra-Araujo, M.H., Vieira, P.P. & Swenson, U. (2017). Towards a natural classification of Sapotaceae subfamily Chrysophylloideae in the Neotropics. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 185: 27–55.
  • Gautier, L., Naciri, Y., Anderberg, A.A., Smedmark, J.E.E., Randrianaivo, R. & Swenson, U. (2013). A new species, genus and tribe of Sapotaceae, endemic to Madagascar. Taxon 62: 972–983.
  • Jessup, L.W. (2019). A taxonomic revision of Sapotaceae for mainland Australia. Austrobaileya 10: 321–382.
  • Lam, H.J. (1948). Sarcospermaceae. Fl. Males., Ser. I, Spermat. 4: 32–34.
  • Marie Briggs, Timothy M.A. Utteridge and Ulf Swenson (2022). Trees of New Guinea. Timothy M. A. Utteridge and Laura V. S. Jennings (Eds) Kew Publishing. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Pennington, T.D. (1991). The Genera of Sapotaceae. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and New York Botanical Garden.
  • Swenson, U. & Anderberg A.A. (2005). Phylogeny, character evolution, and classification of Sapotaceae (Ericales). Cladistics 21: 101–130.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Vink, W. (1995). Revision of Magodendron (Sapotaceae) with observations on floral development and morphology. Blumea 40: 91–107.
  • Vink, W. (2007). Sapotaceae of Papua. In: A.J. Marshall & B.M. Beehler (eds), The Ecology of Papua, Part One, pp. 462–472. Periplus Editions, Singapore.
  • van Royen, P. (1957) Revision of the Sapotaceae of the Malaysian area in a wider sense. VII. Planchonella Pierre. Blumea 8: 235–445.
  • van Royen, P. (1960) Revision of the Sapotaceae of the Malaysian area in a wider sense. XX. Madhuca Gmelin. Blumea 10: 1–117.
  • van Royen, P. (1960) Revision of the Sapotaceae of the Malaysian area in a wider sense. XXII. Palaquium Blanco. Blumea 10: 432–606.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0