Dicotyledoneae - Ericales - Sapotaceae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200
Parent taxon: Sapotaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
Sister taxa: Bassia, Bumelia, Chrysophylloxylon, Chrysophyllum, Eoachras, Illipophyllum, Isonandrophyllum, Kaikoraia, Madhucoxylon, Neolemonniera, Palaquiophyllum, Palaquium, Pilimparicutis, Pouterlabatia, Sapotaceoidaepollenites, Sapotacites, Sapoteites, Sapoticarpum, Sapotispermum, Sapotophyllum, Sapotoxylon, Sarcosperma, Siderinium, Siderophyllum, Sideroxylon
Subtaxa: Mimusops elengi Mimusops kauki Mimusops mississippiensis Mimusops siberifolia Mimusops truncata
Type: Mimusops elengi
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Trinidad and Tobago (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Trinidad and Tobago (2)
• Miocene of Cuba (1), Haiti (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Eocene of United States (1: Mississippi)
• Tertiary of Venezuela (1)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
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