Lucuma
Genus of flowering plants
title: "Lucuma" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["lucuma", "sapotaceae-genera", "flora-of-the-neotropical-realm", "taxa-described-in-1782", "taxa-named-by-juan-ignacio-molina"] description: "Genus of flowering plants" topic_path: "general/lucuma" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucuma" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Genus of flowering plants ::
|image = Egg fruit DS.jpg |image_caption = Lucuma campechiana fruit |taxon = Lucuma |authority = Molina |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = 19; see text |subdivision_ref = |synonyms =
- Radlkoferella Pierre
- Richardella Pierre |synonyms_ref =
Lucuma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapotaceae. It includes 19 species native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, from Mexico and Florida to southern Brazil and northern Chile. The canistel (L. campechiana), and the lúcuma (L. bifera) are cultivated for their edible fruits.
Species
There are 19 species assigned to this genus:
- Lucuma arguacoensium H.Karst.
- Lucuma bifera Molina
- Lucuma brachyandra (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Swenson
- Lucuma campechiana Kunth
- Lucuma capacifolia (Pilz) Swenson
- Lucuma dominigensis C.F.Gaertn.
- Lucuma grandiflora A.DC.
- Lucuma grandis (Eyma) Swenson
- Lucuma kossmanniae (C.C.Vasconc. & Terra-Araujo) C.C.Vasconc.
- Lucuma littoralis Mart. ex Miq.
- Lucuma manaosensis (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Swenson
- Lucuma multiflora A.DC.
- Lucuma oxypetala (T.D.Penn.) Swenson
- Lucuma pachycalyx (T.D.Penn.) Swenson
- Lucuma rivicoa C.F.Gaertn.
- Lucuma rodriguesiana (Pires & T.D.Penn.) Swenson
- Lucuma stenophylla (Baehni) Swenson
- Lucuma trigonosperma (Eyma) Swenson
- Lucuma venosa (Mart.) Mart. & Miq.
References
References
- "''Lucuma'' Molina". [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]].
::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::