- Family: Sapotaceae Juss.
- Genus: Sideroxylon L.
Sideroxylon spinosum L.
- Genus: Sideroxylon L.
Native to:
Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Western Sahara
Introduced into:
Canary Is., Spain
Sideroxylon spinosum L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 193 (1753)
Accepted by
- Stride, G., Nylinder, S. & Swenson, U. (2014). Revisiting the biogeography of Sideroxylon (Sapotaceae) and an evaluation of the taxonomic status of Argania and Spiniluma Australian Systematic Botany 27: 104-118.
Not accepted by
- Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Pennington, D. (2001 publ. 2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Sapotaceae: 1-364. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Argania spinosa.]
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