Delpydora is a genus of plant in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1897 .[2][3][4]

Delpydora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Chrysophylloideae
Genus: Delpydora
Pierre 1897 not A.Chev. 1917
Type species
Delpydora macrophylla
Pierre
Synonyms[1]

Delpydora A.Chev. 1917, illegitimate homonym, not Pierre 1897

The genus is native to western and central Africa.[5]

Species[3]
  1. Delpydora gracilis A.Chev. - Ivory Coast, Ghana, Liberia, Gabon
  2. Delpydora macrophylla Pierre - Cameroon, Gabon, Congo Republic

References edit

  1. ^ Tropicos, search for Delpydora
  2. ^ Pierre, Jean Baptiste Louis|Pierre, Jean Baptiste Louis. 1897. Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Paris 2: 1275
  3. ^ a b Tropicos, Delpydora Pierre
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families