Amorphospermum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Sapotaceae
Subfamilia: Chrysophylloideae
Genus: Amorphospermum
Species: A. antilogum
Name

Amorphospermum F.Muell.,Fragm. 7: 112 (1870)
References

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1870) Fragmenta Phytographiæ Australiæ, 7: 112. 1870 BHL
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Amorphospermum. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 12 2015.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Amorphospermum in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Feb. 11. Reference page.
Swenson, U., Nylinder, S. & Munzinger, J. 2013. Towards a natural classification of Sapotaceae subfamily Chrysophylloideae in Oceania and Southeast Asia based on nuclear sequence data. Taxon 62(4): 746–770. DOI: 10.12705/624.11 ResearchGate Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2015. Amorphospermum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Feb. 11. Accepts this genus as a synonym of Chrysophyllum L. Sp. Pl. 1 192. (1753)

Amorphospermum is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1870.[2][3]

There is only one accepted species, Amorphospermum antilogum, native to Queensland, New South Wales, and Papua New Guinea.[1]

formerly included[1]

now in other genera: Elaeoluma Englerophytum Niemeyera Pycnandra Synsepalum

A. balansae - Pycnandra balansae
A. cerasiferum - Synsepalum cerasiferum
A. chartaceum - Niemeyera chartacea
A. msolo - Synsepalum msolo
A. natalense - Englerophytum natalense
A. pruniferum - Niemeyera prunifera
A. schomburgkianum - Elaeoluma schomburgkiana
A. whitei - Niemeyera whitei

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von. 1870. Fragmenta Phytographiæ Australiæ 7: 112-114 in Latin
Tropicos, Amorphospermum F. Muell.