''Mimusops'' is a genus of plants in the family
Sapotaceae
240px, '' Madhuca longifolia'' var. ''latifolia'' in Narsapur, Medak district, India
The Sapotaceae are a family of flowering plants belonging to the order (biology)">order Ericales">family (biology)">family of flowering plants belonging to th ...
, described as a genus by
Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
in 1753.
''Mimusops'' is native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, and various oceanic islands.
[Allaby, Michael. 1998. ''A Dictionary of Plant Sciences''. Oxford University Press, New York]
Species
, Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
History
Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ...
accepted these species:[
]
References
Sapotaceae genera
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Paleotropical flora
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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