Overview
Taxonomy
The Subfamily Ebenoideae is a member of the Family Ebenaceae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Ebenoideae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Subclass: Asteridae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder: Primulanae
R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1996
- Order: Ericales
Dumortier, 1829
- Suborder: Ebenineae
- Family: Ebenaceae
(eb-en-NAY-see-ee)
Gürke, in H.G.A. Engler & K.A.E. Prantl, 1891, nom. cons.
- Subfamily: Ebenoideae
- Family: Ebenaceae
(eb-en-NAY-see-ee)
Gürke, in H.G.A. Engler & K.A.E. Prantl, 1891, nom. cons.
- Suborder: Ebenineae
- Order: Ericales
Dumortier, 1829
- Superorder: Primulanae
R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1996
- Subclass: Asteridae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
The Subfamily Ebenoideae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (2): Diospyros · Euclea
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1,383 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Subfamily Ebenoideae.
Genera
Diospyros
Diospyros is a genus (including what used to be Maba) of about 450-500 species of deciduous and evergreen trees. The majority are native to the tropics, with only a few species extending into temperate climates. The genus includes species of commercial importance, either for their edible fruit (including the persimmons, D. kaki and D. virginiana) or for their timber. These include the two trade groups of ebony: the pure black ebony (notably D. ebenum, but also several other species) and the striped ebony (macassar, mun, and others). In most species in the genus this black ebony-type wood is (almost completely) absent: the timbers of such species may find restricted use, e.g. D. virginiana. [more]
Euclea
Euclea is a of flowering plants, belonging to family Ebenaceae, the ebony family. The genus includes twenty species of evergreen trees and shrubs, native to Africa, the Comoro Islands, and Arabia. Several species are used for timber, producing a hard, dark heartwood timber similar to ebony. [more]
At least 149 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Euclea.
More info about the Genus Euclea may be found here.
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