Pouteria alnifolia

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Overview

Vulnerable

Description

Family Sapotaceae

Trees or shrubs , usually producing latex. Leaves spirally arranged or alternate and distichous, rarely ± opposite, sometimes crowded at apex of branchlets ; stipules early deciduous or absent; leaf blade papery or leathery, margin entire . Flowers bisexual or unisexual , usually in sessile axillary clusters , rarely solitary; cluster pedunculate or in raceme-like inflorescence, bracteolate . Calyx a single whorl of usually 4--6 sepals, or 2 whorls each with 2--4 sepals. Corolla lobes as many to 2 X as many as sepals, usually entire, rarely with 2 lacerate or lobular appendages . Stamens inserted at corolla base or at throat of corolla tube , as many as and opposite corolla lobes to many and in 2 or 3 whorls; staminodes when present alternate with stamens, scaly to petal-like. Ovary superior, 4- or 5-locular, placentation axillary; ovules 1 per locule, anatropous . Style 1, often apically lobed . Fruit a berry or drupe, 1- to many-seeded. Seed coat brown (pale yellow in Pouteria annamensis), hard, shiny, rich in tannin; endosperm usually oily; seed scar lateral and linear to oblong or basal and round.

About 1100 species and 53 genera: pantropical ; 11 genera and 24 species (six endemic) in China.Shugang Li & T. D. Pennington "Sapotaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 205. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Genus Pouteria

Trees or shrubs . Branchlets glabrous or pubescent but glabrescent . Leaves usually alternate, not stipulate ; leaf blade papery to leathery, both surfaces usually pubescent when young but glabrescent when mature , sometimes abaxially glabrous and adaxially appressed pubescent, lateral veins conspicuous . Flowers in axillary clusters , sometimes with 2--4 bractlets . Sepals (4 or) 5(or 6), outside pubescent, inside glabrous or sericeous , early deciduous or persistent in fruit. Corolla tubular to campanulate , 4- or 5--8-lobed, appendages absent. Stamens (4 or) 5(--8), inserted in throat of corolla; staminodes less than 5 or 5--8, opposite sepals, lanceolate to subulate , sometimes scalelike to petal-like. Ovary conical , sometimes with cup-shaped disc at base , 5(or 6) -locular, ± villous . Fruit globose, glabrous or tomentose , sometimes setose ; pericarp thin to thick, sometimes very hard when dry. Seed coat shiny, scar oblong to broadly ovate , covering half to nearly whole surface of seed.

About 50 species: tropical areas, mostly in America; two species in China.Shugang Li & T. D. Pennington "Pouteria". in Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 210. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 213 meters (0 to 699 feet).Mean = 100.370 meters (329.298 feet), Standard Deviation = 71.920 based on 16 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Chrysophyllum alnifolium Baker
2. Chrysophyllum ferrugineotomentosum Engl.
3. Malacantha acutifolia A.Chev.
4. Malacantha alnifolia (Baker) Pierre
5. Malacantha alnifolia var. sacleuxii (Lecomte) J.H.Hemsl.
6. Malacantha centralis A.Chev.
7. Malacantha ferrugineotomentosa (Engl.) Engl.
8. Malacantha heudelotiana Pierre
9. Malacantha obtusa C.H.Wright
10. Malacantha sacleuxii Lecomte
11. Malacantha warneckeana Engl.
12. Pouteria alnifolia var. sacleuxii (Lecomte) L.Gaut.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Govaerts R., 11-Nov-2003

Similar Species

Members of the genus Pouteria

There are approximately 447 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

P. achradiformis · P. adolfi-frederici · P. adolfi-friederici · P. adolfi-friedericii · P. adolfi-friedericii adolfi-friedericii · P. adolfi-friedericii australis · P. adolfi-friedericii floccosa · P. adolfi-friedericii keniensis · P. adolfi-friedericii subsp. australis · P. adolfi-friedericii subsp. floccosa · P. adolfi-friedericii subsp. keniensis · P. adolfi-friedericii subsp. usambarensis · P. adolfi-friedericii usambarensis · P. alnifolia · P. altissima · P. amapaensis · P. amazonica · P. ambelaniifolia · P. amieuana · P. amieuanum · P. amygdalicarpa · P. amygdalina · P. andarahiensis · P. aneityensis · P. annamensis · P. anomala · P. anteridata · P. anteridifera · P. arcuata · P. areolatifolia · P. arguacoensium · P. aristata · P. arnhemica · P. asterocarpon · P. atabapoensis · P. aubrevillei · P. aurea · P. austin-smithii · P. australis · P. azou · P. baehniana · P. baillonii · P. balansana · P. bangii · P. bapeba · P. baueri · P. beaurepairei · P. beauvisagea · P. belizensis · P. benai · P. bilocularis · P. boninensis · P. bonnerana · P. bonneriana · P. brachyandra · P. bracteata · P. brevensis · P. brevipedicellata · P. brevipetiolata · P. briocheoides · P. brownlessiana · P. buenaventurensis · P. bullata · P. bulliformis · P. butyrocarpa · P. caimito (Abiu) · P. caimito 'Gray' · P. caimito · P. cainito · P. cainito var. laurifolia · P. cainito var. typica · P. calcarea · P. calistophylla · P. campanulata · P. campechiana (Canistel) · P. canaimaensis · P. canaimansis · P. capacifolia · P. casaretti · P. castanosperma · P. cayennensis · P. celebica · P. chartacea · P. chiricana · P. chocoensis · P. cicatricata · P. cinerea · P. cinnamomea · P. cladantha · P. clemensii · P. coelomatica · P. collina · P. condorensis · P. congestifolia · P. contermina · P. cordiformis · P. coriacea · P. costata · P. cotinifolia · P. crassiflora

Bibliography

• Lovett, J. 1996. Completed data collection forms for restricted range trees of Tanzania.
• Li Shu-gang (as Lee Shu-kang). 1987. Sapotaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 60(1): 47-83.
• Li Shu-gang (as Lee Shu-kang). 1987. Sapotaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 60(1): 47-83.

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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed March 24, 2007.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed May 24, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• Lovett, J. & Clarke, G.P. 1998. Pouteria alnifolia var. sacleuxii. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 27, 2008.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
• World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFeb 2, 2006.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 28, 2007:

• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5881009
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-163901
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14252455
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:788791-1
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 788791-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1508097

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