A revision of Spondias L. (Anacardiaceae) in the Neotropics

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Anacardiaceae · Topics: African Botany and Ecology Studies, Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies, Natural product bioactivities and synthesis

As part of an ongoing study of Anacardiaceae subfamily Spondioideae, the ten native and one introduced species of Spondias in the Neotropics are revised. The genus is circumscribed. Three new species, S. admirabilis, S. expeditionaria, and S. globosa, are described and illustrated; a key to the taxa found in the Neotropics and distribution maps are provided. The Paleotropical species and allied genera are reviewed. Diagnostic character sets include leaf architecture, habit, flower morphology, and gross fruit morphology. Notes on the ecology and economic botany of the species are provided.

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