Mammea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Calophyllaceae
Tribus: Calophylleae
Genus: Mammea

Species: M. acuminata – M. africana - M. americana – M. anastomosans – M. angustifolia – M. antongilensis – M. aruana – M. bongo – M. brevipes – M. brevipetiolata – M. calciphila – M. calophylloides – M. castrae – M. cauliflora – M. congregata – M. cordata – M. decaryana – M. eugenioides – M. furfuracea – M. glauca – M. glaucifolia – M. grandifolia – M. harmandii – M. immansueta – M. lancilimba – M. malayana – M. megaphylla – M. micrantha – M. nervosa – M. neurophylla – M. novoguineensis – M. odorata – M. papuana – M. papyracea – M. perrieri – M. pseudoprotorhus – M. punctata – M. ramiflora – M. reticulata – M. sanguinea – M. sessiliflora – M. siamensis – M. sinclairii – M. subsessilifolia – M. suriga – M. timorensis – M. touriga – M. usambarensis – M. veimauriensis – M. woodii – M. yunnanensis – M. zeereae
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2019. Mammea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 17. Reference page.

Name

Mammea L., Sp. Pl. 1: 512. 1753

Lectotype species: Mammea americana L. (designated by N.L. Britton et P. Wilson, Scient. Surv. Porto Rico 5: 583, 1924)

Synonyms

Paramammea J.-F. Leroy

Homonyms

Mammea J.Agardh, 1841, nom. illeg.

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 512. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2018. Mammea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 March 07. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Mammea. Published online. Accessed: March 07 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Mammea in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 March 07.
Tropicos.org 2018. Mammea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 March 2018.

Mammea is a flowering plant genus with about 70 species in the family Calophyllaceae.[1] Its members are evergreen trees having edible fruits. The flowers are polygamous, with a unitary calyx opening into two or three valvate sepals.[2] There are 4 to 8 petals. Berries are formed, containing 1 to 4 seeds. The leaves are rigid, coriaceous and often have pellucid dots.
Contents

1 Species
1.1 Synonymy
2 References
3 External links

Species
Mammea suriga flower

A least two species are found in tropical America and the West Indies (Mammea americana and M. immansueta), about 20 species, including M. africana and M. usambarensis in mainland Africa and many in Madagascar, with the remainder in Indomalaya and the Pacific region. Plants of the World Online currently includes:[3]

Mammea acuminata (Kosterm.) Kosterm.
Mammea africana Sabine – African mammee apple
Mammea americana L.
Mammea anastomosans (Miq.) Kosterm.
Mammea angustifolia Planch. & Triana
Mammea aruana Kosterm.
Mammea bongo (R.Vig. & Humbert) Kosterm.
Mammea brevipetiolata Kosterm.
Mammea calciphila Kosterm.
Mammea calophylloides Kosterm.
Mammea cauliflora (Baker) P.F.Stevens
Mammea congregata (Boerl.) Kosterm.
Mammea cordata P.F.Stevens
Mammea eugenioides Planch. & Triana
Mammea glauca (Merr.) Kosterm.
Mammea glaucifolia (H.Perrier) Kosterm.
Mammea grandifolia P.F.Stevens
Mammea harmandii (Pierre) Kosterm.
Mammea immansueta D'Arcy
Mammea lancilimba Kosterm.
Mammea malayana Kosterm.
Mammea megaphylla (J.-F.Leroy) P.F.Stevens
Mammea micrantha (Pierre) Kosterm.
Mammea nervosa (Kurz) Kosterm.
Mammea neurophylla (Schltr.) Kosterm.
Mammea novoguineensis (Kaneh. & Hatus.) Kosterm.
Mammea odorata (Raf.) Kosterm.
Mammea papuana (Lauterb.) Kosterm.
Mammea papyracea P.F.Stevens
Mammea pseudoprotorhus (H.Perrier) P.F.Stevens
Mammea punctata (H.Perrier) P.F.Stevens
Mammea ramiflora (Merr.) Kosterm.
Mammea reticulata Kosterm.
Mammea sanguinea (Jum. & H.Perrier) Kosterm.
Mammea sessiliflora Planch. & Triana
Mammea siamensis (Miq.) T.Anderson
Mammea sinclairii Kosterm.
Mammea suriga (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Kosterm.
Mammea timorensis Kosterm.
Mammea touriga (C.T.White & W.D.Francis) L.S.Sm.
Mammea usambarensis Verdc.
Mammea veimauriensis P.F.Stevens
Mammea woodii Kosterm.
Mammea yunnanensis (H.L.Li) Kosterm.
Mammea zeereae P.F.Stevens

Synonymy

Synonyms of this genus are:

Ochrocarpos Noronha ex Thouars
Paramammea J.-F.Leroy

References

Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/
Xi-wen Li, Jie Li, and Peter Stevens, "Mammea Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 512. 1753", Flora of China
Plants of the World Online: Mammea L. (retrieved 9 April 2021)