Mimusops Explained

Mimusops is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.^{[1] [2]}

Mimusops is native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, Australia, and various oceanic islands.^{[3] [4] [5]}

There are about 57 species.^[6]

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358368#page/361/mode/1up Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 349
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40020099 Tropicos, Mimusops L.
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=128367 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. Allaby, Michael. 1998. A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. Oxford University Press, New York
6. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=120757 Mimusops.