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THE IDENTITY OF ACHRAS ZAPOTA L. AND THE NAMES FOR THE SAPODILLA AND THE SAPOTE
Author(s) -
Moore Harold E.,
Stearn William T.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/1216409
Subject(s) - identity (music) , mathematics , botany , horticulture , biology , art , aesthetics
Summary Achras zapota L. (1753) is to be typified by Sapota fructu ovato, majori Plumier (1703), which is shown by Plumier's unpublished description and drawing to be a form of the sapodilla or naseberry. If a broad generic concept is adopted, the correct name for the sapodilla is Manilkara zapota (L.) P. van Royen, for the sapote Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) H. E. Moore & Stearn. If a narrow generic concept is adopted, the correct names are respectively Achras zapota L. and Calocarpum sapota (Jacq.) Merrill.