The Sapotoideae are a
subfamily of the
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...
family
Sapotaceae
240px, '' Madhuca longifolia'' var. ''latifolia'' in Narsapur, Medak district, India
The Sapotaceae are a family (biology), family of flowering plants belonging to the order (biology), order Ericales. The family includes about 800 species of ev ...
. Plants in the subfamily are characterized by their leather-like leaves, often growing in a stipule fashion.
The seeds of the tree ''
Argania spinosa'' produce an edible
oil, traditionally harvested in
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria ...
.
Genera
Genera accepted by the
Germplasm Resources Information Network
Germplasm Resources Information Network or GRIN is an online USDA National Genetic Resources Program software project to comprehensively manage the computer database for the holdings of all plant germplasm collected by the National Plant Germp ...
as of December 2022:
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Argania''
Roem. & Schult.
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Autranella''
A.Chev.
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Baillonella''
Pierre
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Bemangidia''
L.Gaut.
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Burckella''
Pierre
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Capurodendron''
Aubrév.
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Diploknema
''Diploknema'' is a genus of plant in the Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1884.
Diploknema is native to Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, and southwestern China.
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# ''Diploknema butyracea'' - Uttarakhand, Nepa ...
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Pierre
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Faucherea''
Lecomte
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Gluema''
Aubrév. & Pellegr.
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Inhambanella''
(Engl.) Dubard
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Isonandra''
Wight
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Labourdonnaisia''
Bojer
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Labramia''
A.DC.
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Lecomtedoxa
''Lecomtedoxa'' is a genus of plant in family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1914.
Lecomtedoxa is native to tropical west-central Africa (Gabon, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ...
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(Pierre ex Engl.) Dubard
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Letestua''
Lecomte
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Madhuca
''Madhuca'' is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae first described as a genus in 1791.Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Pennington, D. (2001 publ. 2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Sapotaceae: 1-364. The Board of Trustees of the Royal ...
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Ham. ex J.F.Gmel.
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Manilkara
''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 Caribbea ...
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Adans.
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Mimusops''
L.
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Neohemsleya''
T.D.Penn.
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Neolemonniera
''Neolemonniera'' is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae first described as a genus in 1918.Heine, Hermann Heino. 1960. Kew Bulletin 14: 301
''Neolemonniera'' is native to tropical western and west-central Africa.
;species
# '' Neole ...
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Heine
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Nesoluma''
Baill.
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Northia''
Hook.f.
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Palaquium''
Blanco
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Payena''
A.DC.
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Sideroxylon''
L.
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Tieghemella''
Pierre
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Tsebona''
Capuron
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Vitellaria
''Vitellaria paradoxa'' (formerly ''Butyrospermum parkii''), commonly known as shea tree, shi tree (), or vitellaria, is a tree of the family Sapotaceae. It is the only species in the genus ''Vitellaria'',[Vitellariopsis
''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.
;species
# '' Vitellariopsis cuneata'' (Engl.) Aubrév. - Usambara Mts in Tanzania
# '' Vitellar ...]
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Baill. ex Dubard
References
External links
Asterid subfamilies
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