Nomenclature: wfo-0000281723
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Pouteria elegans Candollea 9: 197 (1942)
Nomenclatural References
- literature : Baehni, Charles. (1942). Mémoires sur les Sapotacées. II., Le genre Pouteria. Conservatoire Et Jardin Botaniques. https://doi.org/10.5169/SEALS-880455 DOI link imported from Page, R. (2023). doi:10.5281/zenodo.7974720
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000641127: Spruce, R. [2392] Brazil Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000641128: Spruce, R. [2155 (cf 1836)] Brazil Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000641129: Spruce, R. [2392 (cfr 2155)] Brazil Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000641130: Spruce, R. [2442] Brazil Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000641131: Spruce, R. [1736] Brazil Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- person : Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (1806-1893) Based on occurrence of standard abbreviation 'A.DC.' in the authors string.
- person : Charles Baehni (1906-1964) Based on occurrence of standard abbreviation 'Baehni' in the authors string.
- database : IPNI record: 209758-2
- database : The Plant List v1.1 record kew-164091
- database : The Plant List version 1.0, record: kew-164091
Taxonomy: Accepted in 2025-06 classification
Occurs in: 2018-07 : 2019-03 : 2019-05 : 2021-12 : 2022-06 : 2022-12 : 2023-06 : 2023-12 : 2024-06 : 2024-12 : 2025-06Placement: Code > Plantae > Pteridobiotina > Angiosperms > Ericales > Sapotaceae > Pouteria > Pouteria elegans
Synonyms
- Ichthyophora leptocarpa
- Lucuma leptocarpa
- Neoxythece elegans
- Oxythece glaucescens
- Oxythece leptocarpa
- Oxythece pseudosideroxylon
- Planchonella elegans
- Pouteria arbuscula
- Pouteria crassifolia
- Sideroxylon elegans
- Sideroxylon micranthum
- Sideroxylon elegans var. micranthum
- Chrysophyllum glaucescens
- Chrysophyllum leptocarpum
- Franchetella crassifolia
- Guapeba crassifolia
- Oxythece elegans
- Pouteria elegans var. typica
Taxonomic References
- database : POWO record for urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:209758-2 Govaerts R (ed.). 2025. WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [WWW document] URL http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ [accessed 06 June 2025].