2015/08/05 by John D. Mitchell, Douglas C. Daly · 110 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #African Botany and Ecology Studies #Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies #Natural product bioactivities and synthesis #Anacardiaceae #Botany #Biology
paper · doi:10.3897/phytokeys.55.8489
published in PhytoKeys 55(55), 1-92 (Pensoft Publishers)
openalex publication_date 2015/08/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/11
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, Spondiasadmirabilis, Spondiasexpeditionaria, and Spondiasglobosa, 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.