Lucuma campechiana

Lucuma campechiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Sapotaceae
Subfamilia: Chrysophylloideae
Genus: Lucuma
Species: Lucuma campechiana

Name

Lucuma campechiana Kunth, F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 240 (1819)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Pouteria campechiana (Kunth) Baehni, Candollea 9: 398 (1942)
  • Pouteria campechiana var. typica Baehni, Candollea 9: 399 (1942), not validly publ.
  • Richardella campechiana (Kunth) Pierre}}, Notes Bot. Sapot.: 20 (1890)
  • Vitellaria campechiana (Kunth) Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 12: 513 (1890)
• Heterotypic
  • Lucuma elongata (C.F.Gaertn.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 76 (1841)
  • Lucuma glabrifolia Pittier, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 481 (1922)
  • Lucuma heyderi Standl., Trop. Woods 11: 22 (1927)
  • Lucuma inseparabilis Dubard, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 2, 10: 17 (1912)
  • Lucuma laeteviridis Pittier, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 482 (1922)
  • Lucuma nervosa A.DC., A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 169 (1844)
  • Lucuma palmeri Fernald, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 33: 87 (1897)
  • Lucuma rivicoa var. angustifolia Miq., C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 7: 71 (1863)
  • Lucuma salicifolia Kunth, F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 241 (1819)
  • Lucuma sphaerocarpa A.DC., A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 169 (1844)
  • Pouteria campechiana var. nervosa (A.DC.) Baehni, Candollea 9: 401 (1942)
  • Pouteria campechiana var. palmeri (Fernald) Baehni, Candollea 9: 400 (1942)
  • Pouteria campechiana var. salicifolia (Kunth) Baehni, Candollea 9: 400 (1942)
  • Pouteria elongata (C.F.Gaertn.) Baehni, Candollea 9: 425 (1942)
  • Pouteria glabrifolia (Pittier) Cronquist, Lloydia 9: 282 (1946)
  • Pouteria laeteviridis (Pittier) Lundell, Wrightia 5: 179 (1975)
  • Pouteria mante Lundell, Wrightia 5: 181 (1975)
  • Radlkoferella glabrifolia (Pittier) Aubrév., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 23: 206 (1972)
  • Radlkoferella inseparabilis Pierre, Notes Bot. Sapot.: 21 (1890), nom. nud.
  • Radlkoferella sphaerocarpa (A.DC.) Pierre, Notes Bot. Sapot.: 21 (1890)
  • Richardella nervosa (A.DC.) Pierre, Notes Bot. Sapot.: 20 (1890)
  • Richardella salicifolia (Kunth) Pierre, Notes Bot. Sapot.: 19 (1890)
  • Sapota elongata C.F.Gaertn., Suppl. Carp.: 136 (1807), tentatively listed as a synonym.
  • Sideroxylon campestre Brandegee, Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 7: 329 (1920)
  • Vitellaria nervosa (A.DC.) Radlk., Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 12: 326 (1882)
  • Vitellaria salicifolia (Kunth) Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 12: 514 (1890)
  • Vitellaria sphaerocarpa (A.DC.) Radlk., Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 12: 326 (1882)
  • Vitellaria tenuifolia Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 12: 513 (1890)
  • Xantolis palmeri (Fernald) Baehni, Boissiera 11: 22 (1965)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S. 1818–1820 ["1818"]. Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt. Tomus 3 (quarto ed.). 456 pp., tt. 193–300. Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Lucuma campechiana in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 13 March 2026.
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Lucuma campechiana. Published online. Accessed: 13 March 2026. Reference page.
• World Flora Online (WFO) (2026) Lucuma campechiana. Published on the Internet. Accessed: 13 March 2026.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2026. Lucuma campechiana. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Accessed: 13 March 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Canistel, yellow sapote
• magyar: Tojásfa, kanisztel, sárgaszapota
• Nederlands: Canistel

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