{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Vitellariopsis marginata, loof, a, Laeveld NBT.jpg |image_caption = Foliage of ''V. marginata'' |taxon = Vitellariopsis |authority = (Baill.) ex Dubard |type_species = ''Vitellariopsis kirkii'' |type_species_authority = (Baker) Dubard |synonyms_ref = <ref name=u/> |synonyms = ''Austromimusops'' <small>A.Meeuse</small> }}
'''''Vitellariopsis''''' is a group of plants in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1915.<ref>Dubard, Marcel Marie Maurice. 1915. Annales du Musée Colonial de Marseille, sér. 3, 3: 44</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40024659 Tropicos, ''Vitellariopsis'' Baill. ex Dubard ]</ref> The genus is native to eastern and southern Africa.<ref name=u>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=213283 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>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.</ref><ref>Calane da Silva, M., Izdine, S. & Amuse, A.B. (2004). A Preliminary Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Mozambique: 1-184. SABONET, Pretoria</ref>
;species<ref name=u/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Sapotaceae/Vitellariopsis/ |title=theplantlist - Vitellariopsis |author=theplantlist.org |year=2010 |publisher=Kew Gardens |accessdate=19 August 2011}}</ref>
# ''Vitellariopsis cuneata'' <small>(Engl.) Aubrév.</small> - Usambara Mts in Tanzania # ''Vitellariopsis dispar'' <small>(N.E.Br.) Aubrév.</small> - Eswatini, KwaZulu-Natal # ''Vitellariopsis ferruginea'' <small>Kupicha</small> - Zimbabwe # ''Vitellariopsis kirkii'' <small>(Baker) Dubard</small> - Nampula, Tanzania, Kenya # ''Vitellariopsis marginata'' <small>(N.E.Br.) Aubrév.</small> - Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa
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Category:Vitellariopsis Category:Sapotaceae genera Category:Flora of the Afrotropical realm Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Taxa named by Henri Ernest Baillon
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