Manilkara

Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Manilkara Adans.
SAPOTACEAE
MANILKARA
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Classification
ERICALES
Manilkara
Citation
MANILKARA Adanson, Fam. Pl. 2: 166, 574. 1763, nom. cons. vs. Achras Linnaeus 1753, et vs. Sapota Miller 1754..
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TYPE: Manilkara kauki (Linnaeus) Dubard, typ. cons. (Mimusops kauki Linnaeus)
Distribution Map Present

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Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Manilkara jaimiqui subsp. emarginata WILD DILLY Native Threatened-State FAC (NWPL) FAC (DEP)
Manilkara zapota SAPODILLA Not Native Y
Identification Key
1.  Leaf blade lightly glaucous green, the adaxial lateral veins somewhat obscure when dry, the apex sometimes splitting but not folded in dried specimens, the base rounded to truncate (rarely acute); flower solitary or in fascicles of 2-5; sepals and corolla lobes spreading to recurved; corolla tube shorter than the lobes; fruiting pedicel enlarged and thickened towards apex; fruits 2.5-4 cm long or wide; seeds 14-18 mm long
M. jaimiqui subsp. emarginata
1.  Leaf blade green, the adaxial lateral veins discernible when dry, the apex often folded in dried specimens, the base acute; flower solitary; sepals and corolla lobes erect to ascending; corolla tube subequal to exceeding the lobes; fruiting pedicel thickened throughout, barely thicker towards the apex; fruits 3.5-8 cm long or wide; seeds 15-25 mm long
M. zapota
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Achradelpha Achradelpha O. F. Cook, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 3: 160. 1913. TYPE: Achradelpha mammosa O. F. Cook, nom. illegit. (Achras mammosa Linnaeus, nom. illegit.; Achras zapota Linnaeus) = Achras Linnaeus 1753 (nom. rej.).
Achras Achras Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1190. 1753, nom. rej. vs. Manilkara Adanson 1763. TYPE: Achras zapota Linnaeus
Calocarpum Calocarpum Pierre ex Pierre & Urban, in Urban, Symb. Antill. 5: 97. 1904. TYPE: Calocarpum mammosum Pierre ex Pierre & Urban, nom. illegit. (Achras mammosa Linnaeus, nom. illegit.; Achras zapota Linnaeus) = Achras Linnaeus 1753 (nom. rej.).
Calospermum Calospermum Pierre, Not. Bot. 11. 1890. TYPE: Calospermum mammosum Pierre, nom. illegit. (Achras mammosa Linnaeus, nom. illegit.; Achras zapota Linnaeus) = Achras Linnaeus 1753 (nom. rej.)
Chiclea Chiclea Lundell, Wrightia 5: 221. 1978. TYPE: Chiclea guatemalensis Lundell
Manilkariopsis Manilkariopsis (Gilly) Lundell, Wrightia 5: 172. 1975. BASIONYM: Manilkara Adanson, subg. Manilkariopsis Gilly, Trop. Woods 73: 9. 1943. TYPE: Manilkariopsis tabogaensis (Gilly) Lundell (Manilkara tabogaensis Gilly)
Mopania Mopania Lundell, Wrightia 6: 19. 1978. TYPE: Mopania chicle (Pittier) Lundell (Achras chicle Pittier)
Nispero Nispero Aubreville, Adansonia, ser. 2. 5: 19. 1965. TYPE: Sapota achras Miller
Sapota Sapota Miller, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 1754, nom. rej. vs. Manilkara Adanson 1763. TYPE: = Achras Linnaeus 1753.
Shaferodendron Shaferodendron Gilly, Trop. Woods 71: 3. 1942. TYPE: Shaferodendron moaensis Gilly
Synarrhena Synarrhena Fischer & C. A. Meyer, Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint- Petersbourg 8: 255. 1841. TYPE: Synarrhena subsericea (Martius) Fischer & C. A. Meyer (Mimusops subsericea Martius) Lectotypified by Baehni, Boissiera 11: 91. 1965.