Vitellariopsis Explained

Vitellariopsis is a group of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1915.[1] [2] The genus is native to eastern and southern Africa.[3] [4] [5]

species[3] [6]
  1. Vitellariopsis cuneata (Engl.) Aubrév. - Usambara Mts in Tanzania
  2. Vitellariopsis dispar (N.E.Br.) Aubrév. - Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal
  3. Vitellariopsis ferruginea Kupicha - Zimbabwe
  4. Vitellariopsis kirkii (Baker) Dubard - Nampula, Tanzania, Kenya
  5. Vitellariopsis marginata (N.E.Br.) Aubrév. - Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa

Notes and References

  1. Dubard, Marcel Marie Maurice. 1915. Annales du Musée Colonial de Marseille, sér. 3, 3: 44
  2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40024659 Tropicos, Vitellariopsis Baill. ex Dubard
  3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=213283 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. 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 Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  5. Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria
  6. Web site: theplantlist - Vitellariopsis . theplantlist.org . 2010 . Kew Gardens . 19 August 2011.