Chrysophyllum is a group of trees in the Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 192 in LatinTropicos, Chrysophyllum L.
The genus is native to the tropical Americas, from Mexico to northern Argentina, including the Caribbean. One species, C. oliviforme, extends north to southern Florida.Chrysophyllum L. World Flora Online. Accessed 3 December 2022.
Description Chrysophyllum members are usually tropical trees, often growing rapidly to 10–20 m or more in height. The leaves are oval, 3–15 cm long, green above, densely golden pubescent below, from which the genus is named.The generic name is derived from the Greek words χρυσός (chrysos), meaning "gold," and φύλλον (phyllon), meaning "leaf." See The flowers are small (3–8 mm), purplish white and have a sweet fragrant smell; they are clustered several together, and are hermaphroditic (self fertile). The fruit is edible; round, usually purple skinned (sometimes greenish-white), often green around the calyx, with a star pattern in the pulp; the flattened seeds are light brown and hard. The fruit skin is chewy like gum, and contrary to some reports, is edible. Flora of North America Vol. 8 Page 245 Cainito Chrysophyllum LinnaeusFlora of China, Vol. 15 Page 208 金叶树属 jin ye shu shu Chrysophyllum Linnaeus
In 1990 and 1991 T.D. Pennington adopted a wide circumscription of Chrysophyllum, giving it a Pantropical distribution. Later morphological and phylogenetic studies confirmed that the genus defined by Pennington was polyphyletic, and in 2017 De Faria et al. proposed that Chrysophyllum be more narrowly circumscribed, and some species placed in the revived genera Achrouteria, Cornuella, Martiusella, Nemaluma, Prieurella, and Ragala.Aparecida Donisete De Faria, José Rubens Pirani, José Eduardo Lahoz Da Silva Ribeiro, Stephan Nylinder, Mário Henrique Terra-Araujo, Pedro Paulo Vieira, Ulf Swenson, Towards a natural classification of Sapotaceae subfamily Chrysophylloideae in the Neotropics, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 185, Issue 1, September 2017, Pages 27–55,
Species , Plants of the World Online accepts the following 37 species:
Formerly included Achrouteria durifructa (as C. durifructum ) Achrouteria eximia (as C. eximium ) Achrouteria pomifera (as C. pomiferum ) Chloroluma gonocarpa (as C. gonocarpum ) Chloroluma viridis (as C. viride ) Cornuella venezuelanensis (as C. venezuelanense ) Donella ambrensis Aubrév. (as C. ambrense (Aubrév.) G.E.Schatz & L.Gaut.) Donella analalavensis Aubrév. (as C. analalavense (Aubrév.) G.E.Schatz & L.Gaut.) Donella bangweolensis (R.E.Fr. & Pellegr.) Mackinder (as C. bangweolense R.E.Fr. & Pellegr.) Donella capuronii (G.E.Schatz & L.Gaut.) Mackinder & L.Gaut. (as C. capuronii G.E.Schatz & L.Gaut.) Donella delphinensis Aubrév. (as C. delphinense (Aubrév.) G.E.Schatz & L.Gaut.) Donella fenerivensis Aubrév. (as C. fenerivense (Aubrév.) G.E.Schatz & L.Gaut.) Donella guereliana (Aubrév.) Mackinder (as C guerelianum (Aubrév.) G.E.Schatz & L.Gaut.) Donella masoalensis Aubrév. (as C. masoalense (Aubrév.) G.E.Schatz & L.Gaut.) Donella perrieri Lecomte (as C. perrieri (Lecomte) G.E.Schatz & L.Gaut.) Donella pruniformis (Engl.) Pierre ex Engl. (as C. pruniforme Engl.) Donella viridifolia (J.M.Wood & Franks) Aubrév. & Pellegr. (as C. viridifolium J.M.Wood & Franks) Donella ubangiensis (De Wild.) Aubrév. (as C. ubangiense (De Wild.) Govaerts) Englerophytum longepedicellatum (De Wild.) L.Gaut. (as C. longifolium De Wild.) Englerophytum magalismontanum (Sond.) T.D.Penn. (as C. magalismontanum Sond.) Englerophytum oblanceolatum (S.Moore) T.D.Penn. (as C. tessmannii Engl. & K.Krause) Gambeya africana - (A.DC.) Pierre (as C. africanum A.DC.) Gambeya albida (G.Don) Aubrév. & Pellegr. (as C. albidum G.Don) Gambeya azaguieana (J.Miège) Aubrév. & Pellegr. (as C. azaguieanum J.Miège) Gambeya beguei (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Aubrév. & Pellegr. (as C. beguei (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Gambeya boiviniana Pierre (as C. boivinianum (Pierre) Baehni) Gambeya boukokoensis Aubrév. & Pellegr. (as C. boukokoense (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) L.Gaut.) Gambeya gigantea (A.Chev.) Aubrév. & Pellegr. (as C. giganteum A.Chev.) Gambeya gorungosana (Engl.) Liben (as C. gorungosanum Engl.) Gambeya lacourtiana (De Wild.) Aubrév. & Pellegr. (as C. lacourtianum De Wild.) Gambeya lungi (De Wild.) Aubrév. & Pellegr. (as C. lungi De Wild.) Gambeya muerensis (Engl.) Liben (as C. muerense Engl.) Gambeya taiensis (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Aubrév. & Pellegr. (as C. taiense Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Jacquinia arborea Vahl (as C. barbasco Loefl.) Martiusella imperialis (as C. imperiale ) Micropholis rugosa (Sw.) Pierre (as C. rugosum Sw.) Palaquium philippense (Perr.) C.B.Rob. (as C. philippense Perr.) Pouteria alnifolia (Baker) Roberty (as C. alnifolium Baker) Pouteria gardneri (Mart. & Miq.) Baehni (as C. gardneri Mart. & Miq.) Pouteria macrophylla (Lam.) Eyma (as C. macrophyllum Lam.) Pouteria reticulata (Engl.) Eyma (as C. reticulatum Engl.) Pradosia brevipes (Pierre) T.D.Penn. (as C. soboliferum Rizzini) Pradosia lactescens (Vell.) Radlk. (as C. burahem Riedel) Prieurella colombiana (as C. colombianum ) Prieurella cuneifolia (as C. cuneifolium ) Prieurella manaosensis (as C. manaosense ) Prieurella prieurii (as C. prieurii ) Prieurella wurdackii (as C. amazonicum ) Ragala bombycina (as C. bombycinum ) Ragala sanguinolenta (as C. sanguinolentum ) Ragala scalaris (as C. scalare ) Ragala ucuquirana-branca (as C. ucuquirana-branca )
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