Pouteria altissima

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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

Ecology: Occurring in drier areas of semi-deciduous forest .

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Aningeria altissima (A.Chev.) Aubrév. & Pellegr.
2. Aningeria altissima (A.Chev.) Aubrév. & Pellegr.
3. Hormogyne altissima A.Chev.
4. Hormogyne gabonensis A.Chev.
5. Pouteria altissima (A. Chev.) Baehni
6. Pouteria giordani Chiov.
7. Rhamnoluma altissima (A.Chev.) Baehni
8. Sideroxylon altissimum (A.Chev.) Hutch. & Dalziel
9. Sideroxylon gabonense (A.Chev.) Lecomte ex Pellegr.

Notes

Publishing author : A .Cheval. Publication : Vég. Utiles Afrique Trop. Franç. ix. 264 (1917); A. Cheval. in Bull . Soc. Bot. France1914, lxi. Mem. 8, 266 (1917). Publishing author: A.Chev. Publication: Vég. Utiles Afrique Trop. Franç. ix. 263 (1917). Publishing author: Aubrév. & Pellegr. Publication: in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 1934, lxxxi. 796 (1935) Basionym author: (A.Chev.) 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

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Notes

Contributors

• African Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Zimbabwe, July 1996) 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• 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.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 01, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 25, 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 December 01, 2007:

• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7144742
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Kew-163903
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14252456
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:788792-1
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 788792-1
• IUCN ID: 34647
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1022385

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