Amorphospermum

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|genus = Amorphospermum

|parent_authority = F.Muell.

|species = antilogum

|authority = F.Muell.

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|synonyms = *Lucuma amorphosperma F.M.Bailey

  • Sersalisia antiloga (F.Muell.) Domin
  • Chrysophyllum antilogum (F.Muell.) Vink
  • Niemeyera antiloga (F.Muell.) T.D.Penn.

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Amorphospermum is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1870.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/761100#page/113/mode/1up Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von. 1870. Fragmenta Phytographiæ Australiæ 7: 112-114] in Latin[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40012282 Tropicos, Amorphospermum F. Muell.]

There is only one accepted species, Amorphospermum antilogum, native to Queensland, New South Wales, and Papua New Guinea.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=8346 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

;formerly included

now in other genera: Elaeoluma Englerophytum Niemeyera Pycnandra Synsepalum

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  1. A. balansae - Pycnandra balansae
  2. A. cerasiferum - Synsepalum cerasiferum
  3. A. chartaceum - Niemeyera chartacea
  4. A. msolo - Synsepalum msolo
  5. A. natalense - Englerophytum natalense
  6. A. pruniferum - Niemeyera prunifera
  7. A. schomburgkianum - Elaeoluma schomburgkiana
  8. A. whitei - Niemeyera whitei }}

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