[2][3] The entire genus is endemic to Australia (States of Queensland and New South Wales).

[4] Its closest relative is Pycnandra from New Caledonia.

[5] now in other genera: Amorphospermum Chrysophyllum Pycnandra In 1867, Muller used the name Niemeyera to refer to a very different plant, now placed in the Orchidaceae.

This name, although older than the 1870 name in the Sapotaceae, is now considered a rejected name.

This Sapotaceae article is a stub.