Omphalocarpum

Navel fruit
	Omphalocarpum elatum, fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Sapotaceae
Subfamily:	Chrysophylloideae
Genus:	Omphalocarpum; P.Beauv. 1800
Synonyms
	Ituridendron De Wild.; Vanderystia De Wild.;

Omphalocarpum (common name navel fruit) is a genus of plants belonging to the family Sapotaceae. It was first described in 1800 by Palisot de Beauvois.^[2] The genus is native to tropical Africa.^[1]

The following species are recognised by Kew.^[3]

O. adolfi-friederici Engl. & K.Krause, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 383 (1913).
O. agglomeratum De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 4: 77 (1926).
O. ahia A.Chev., Veg. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 5: 244 (1909).
O. bequaertii De Wild., Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 7(Suppl.): 4 (1919).
O. boyankombo De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 4: 81 (1926).
O. bracteatum Baudon, Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille, IV, 7: 29 (1929).
O. brieyi De Wild., Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 7(Suppl.): 6 (1919).
O. busange De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 4: 84 (1926).
O. cabrae De Wild., Miss. Ém. Laurent 1: 421 (1907).
O. claessensii De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 4: 86 (1926).
O. elatum Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 1: 16 (1875).
O. ghesquierei De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 4: 87 (1926).
O. lecomteanum Pierre ex Engl., Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 8: 15 (1904).
O. lescrauwaetii De Wild., Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 7(Suppl.): 8 (1919).
O. lujai De Wild., Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 7(Suppl.): 10 (1919).
O. massoko Baudon, Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille, IV, 7: 27 (1929).
O. mayumbense Greves, J. Bot. 65(Suppl. 2): 70 (1927).
O. mortehanii De Wild., Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 7(Suppl.): 11 (1919).
O. ogouense Pierre ex Engl., Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 8: 17 (1904).
O. pachysteloides Mildbr. ex Hutch. & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 13 (1931).
O. pedicellatum De Wild., Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 7(Suppl.): 12 (1919).
O. procerum P.Beauv., Fl. Oware 1: 10 (1805).
O. sankuruense De Wild., Miss. Ém. Laurent 1: 419 (1907).
O. sphaerocarpum De Wild., Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 7(Suppl.): 14 (1919).
O. strombocarpum Y.B.Harv. & Lovett, Kew Bull. 54: 198 (1999).
O. torosum Baudon, Ann. Inst. Bot.-Géol. Colon. Marseille, IV, 7: 30 (1929).
O. vermoesenii De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 4: 97 (1926).

References

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[u-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1800. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 2: 146–147 in French

[3] The Plant List

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