Synsepalum

Synsepalum
Miracle fruit, Synsepalum dulcificum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Chrysophylloideae
Genus: Synsepalum
(A.DC.) Daniell
Synonyms
  • Afrosersalisia A.Chev.
  • Bakeriella Pierre ex Dubard
  • Bakerisideroxylon Engl.
  • Lasersisia Liben, not validly published
  • Pachystela Pierre ex Engl.
  • Pseudopachystela Aubrév. & Pellegr.
  • Rogeonella A.Chev.
  • Sideroxylon section Synsepalum A.DC
  • Stironeurum Radlk. ex De Wild. & T.Durand
  • Tulestea Aubrév. & Pellegr.
  • Vincentella Pierre

Synsepalum is a genus of trees and shrubs in the chicle family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1852.

Synsepalum is native to the tropical lowlands of Africa.

Species

37 species are accepted.

  1. Synsepalum afzelii (Engl.) T.D.Penn. – Western Africa
  2. Synsepalum aubrevillei (Pellegr.) Aubrév. & Pellegr. – Ivory Coast
  3. Synsepalum batesii (A.Chev.) Aubrév. & Pellegr. – Cameroon
  4. Synsepalum bequaertii De Wild. – Democratic Republic of the Congo
  5. Synsepalum brenanii (Heine) T.D.Penn. – Cameroon
  6. Synsepalum brevipes (Baker) T.D.Penn. – tropical Africa
  7. Synsepalum buluensis (Greves) ined. – Gabon and Cabinda
  8. Synsepalum carrieanum (Dubard) Pierre ex ined. – Republic of the Congo
  9. Synsepalum cerasiferum (Welw.) T.D.Penn. – tropical Africa
  10. Synsepalum chimanimani Rokni & I.Darbysh. – Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  11. Synsepalum congolense Lecomte – Republic of the Congo, Gabon
  12. Synsepalum dulcificum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Daniell – West and Central Africa
  13. Synsepalum fleuryanum A.Chev. – Gabon
  14. Synsepalum gabonense (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) T.D.Penn. – Gabon
  15. Synsepalum kassneri (Engl.) T.D.Penn. – Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
  16. Synsepalum lastoursvillense (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) ined. – Gabon
  17. Synsepalum laurentii (De Wild.) D.J.Harris – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic
  18. Synsepalum letestui Aubrév. & Pellegr. – Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Central African Republic
  19. Synsepalum letouzeyi Aubrév. – Cameroon, Central African Republic
  20. Synsepalum msolo (Engl.) T.D.Penn. – West and Central Africa
  21. Synsepalum muelleri (Kupicha) T.D.Penn. – Malawi, Mozambique
  22. Synsepalum ntimii W.D.Hawth. – Liberia and Ghana
  23. Synsepalum nyangense (Pellegr.) McPhersen & J.T.White – Gabon
  24. Synsepalum ogouense Aubrév. & Pellegr.) ined. – Republic of the Congo, Gabon
  25. Synsepalum ovatostipulatum (De Wild.) ined. – Democratic Republic of the Congo
  26. Synsepalum oyemense (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) ined. – Republic of the Congo, Gabon
  27. Synsepalum passargei (Engl.) T.D.Penn. – tropical Africa
  28. Synsepalum pobeguinianum (Dubard) Aké Assi & L.Gaut. – West Africa
  29. Synsepalum revolutum (Baker) T.D.Penn. – West and Central Africa
  30. Synsepalum seretii (De Wild.) T.D.Penn. – Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  31. Synsepalum stipulatum (Radlk.) Engl. – Central Africa
  32. Synsepalum subcordatum De Wild. – Central Africa
  33. Synsepalum subverticillatum (E.A.Bruce) T.D.Penn. – Kenya
  34. Synsepalum tomentosum (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) ined. – Gabon
  35. Synsepalum tsounkpe Aubrév. & Pellegr. – Ivory Coast
  36. Synsepalum ulugurense (Engl.) Engl. – Tanzania
  37. Synsepalum zenkeri Aubrév. & Pellegr. – Republic of the Congo, Cameroon

References

  1. ↑ "Synsepalum (A. DC.) Daniell". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2009-03-31. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
  2. 1 2 Tropicos, Synsepalum (A. DC.) Daniell
  3. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ Candolle, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de. 1844. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 183-184 in Latin
  5. ↑ Daniel. 1852. Pharmaceutical journal and Transactions; a weekly record of pharmacy and allied sciences 11: 446
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "Synsepalum (A.DC.) Daniell". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
  8. ↑ Rokni, Saba; Wursten, Bart; Darbyshire, Iain (16 October 2019). "Synsepalum chimanimani (Sapotaceae), a new species from the Chimanimani Mountains of Mozambique and Zimbabwe, with notes on the botanical importance of this area". PhytoKeys (133): 115–132. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.133.38694. PMC 6811373. PMID 31662617. Retrieved 24 December 2019.