Delpydora

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|taxon = Delpydora

|authority = Pierre 1897 not A.Chev. 1917

|type_species = Delpydora macrophylla

|type_species_authority = Pierre

|synonyms_ref = [http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=Delpydora&commonname= Tropicos, search for Delpydora]

|synonyms = Delpydora A.Chev. 1917, illegitimate homonym, not Pierre 1897

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Delpydora is a genus of plant in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1897 .Pierre, Jean Baptiste Louis|Pierre, Jean Baptiste Louis. 1897. Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris 2: 1275[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40023286 Tropicos, Delpydora Pierre]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.

The genus is native to western and central Africa.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=56925 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

;Species

  1. Delpydora gracilis A.Chev. - Ivory Coast, Ghana, Liberia, Gabon
  2. Delpydora macrophylla Pierre - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo Republic

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