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Taxonomy

Notes:

Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:1057. 1753

Name verified on 06-Jun-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 06-Jun-1995

Physical Description

Genus Diospyros:

Trees or shrubs, deciduous or evergreen. Terminal buds absent. Branchlet tips sometimes forming a spine. Leaves alternate, occasionally minutely translucent dotted or with gland pits. Flowers dioecious or polygamous. Male flowers in axillary cymes, usually on basal part of current year's branchlets, deciduous soon after anthesis; stamens 4 to numerous, often paired and forming 2 whorls; ovary rudimentary. Female flowers usually solitary, axillary; staminodes 1--16 or absent; stigma often 2-cleft. Calyx usually 3--5(--7) -lobed, sometimes truncate. Corolla urn-shaped, campanulate, or tubular, 3--5(--7) -lobed, deciduous. Berries fleshy to somewhat leathery, usually with an enlarged persistent calyx. Seeds 1--10(or more), often laterally compressed.

About 485 species: pantropical and extending into temperate regions; 60 species in China, most abundant in SE and SW China, several incompletely known and of uncertain status. ^[1]

Habit: Deciduous.

Flowers: Bloom Period: June, July, August. • Flower Color: green, red

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Distribution

Range and Population

Native: Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan.

Growth

Culture: Space 20-30' apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun.

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b. (map)

Similar Species

Members of the genus Diospyros:

There are approximately 1,254 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: D. guianensis akaraiensis · D. pseudomespilus undabunda · D. abyssinica · D. abyssinica subsp. attenuata · D. abyssinica subsp. chapmaniorum · D. abyssinica subsp. reticulata · D. acalpucensis · D. acapulcensis · D. acocksii · D. acreana · D. acris · D. aculeata · D. acuminata · D. acunae · D. acuta · D. adenophora · D. adiensis · D. aequoris · D. affinis · D. afro-africana · D. aggregata · D. ahernii · D. aifatensis · D. akaraiensis · D. alata · D. alatella · D. albens · D. albidum · D. albiflora · D. alboflavescens · D. alisu · D. alpina · D. amanap · D. amaniensis · D. amara · D. amazonica · D. ambigua · D. amboinensis · D. amisandra · D. amoena · D. amplexicaulis · D. ampullacea · D. analamerensis · D. anceps · D. andamanica · D. andersonae · D. andersonii · D. angulata (Bois D'ÉbÈne Feuilles) · D. angustifolia · D. anisandra · D. anisocalyx · D. anitae · D. ankifiensis · D. annonifolia · D. anosivolensis · D. anzoateguiensis · D. apeibacarpos · D. apiculata · D. araripensis · D. areolata · D. areolifolia · D. argentea · D. argyi · D. armata · D. artanthaefolia · D. artanthifolia · D. arupaj · D. assimilis · D. atra · D. atrata · D. atropurpurea · D. atropurpureus · D. atrotricha · D. attenuata · D. augustifolia · D. aurea · D. auriculata · D. australis · D. austro-africana · D. austro-africana de · D. austroafricana · D. austroafricana subsp. microphylla · D. austroafricana subsp. rubriflora · D. austroafricana subsp. rugosa · D. bakhuisii · D. balansae · D. balfouriana ( ) · D. baloen-ldjoek · D. bambuseti · D. bangoiensis · D. bangueyensis · D. bantamensis · D. baranensis · D. barberi · D. baroniana · D. barteri · D. batocana · D. baumii · D. beccarii · D. bejaudii

Bibliography

• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan. (F Japan)
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• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
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• Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agric. Handb. no. 505. (AH 505)

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Notes

Contributors:

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 13, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 9 providers.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 27, 2008)

Data Sources:

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 13, 2007:

• International Plant Genetic Resources Institute(IPGRI), EURISCO
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• National Science Museum of Korea, National Science Museum of Korea Plant
• Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum
• US National Plant Germplasm System, United States National Plant Germplasm System Collection
• Utah State University, USU-UTC Specimen Database

Identifiers:

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 505971
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13765812
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:322631-1
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: DILO8
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 35677

Footnotes:

1. "Diospyros". in Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 215. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.