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June 2025

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genus

Diospyros L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 1057 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000011857.

Statistics

Synonyms of Diospyros

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cavanillea Desr. Encycl. 3: 663 (1789) wfo-1000056305
Ebenus Rumph. ex Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 408 (1891) wfo-1200068688
Idesia Scop. Intr. Hist. Nat. : 199 (1777) wfo-1200068692
Bisaschersonia Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 408 (1891) wfo-4000004666
Brachycheila Harv. ex Eckl. & Zeyh. Linnaea 20: 192 (1847) wfo-4000005197
Brayodendron Small Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 356 (1901) wfo-4000005374
Camax Schreb. Gen. Pl., ed. 8[a]. 1: 144 (1789) wfo-4000006349
Cargillia R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 526 (1810) wfo-4000006714
Dactylus Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : xxxvi (1775) wfo-4000010657
Danzleria Bertero ex A.DC. Prodr. 8: 224 (1844) wfo-4000010752
Ebenoxylum Lour. Fl. Cochinch. : 613 (1790) wfo-4000012860
Embryopteris Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 145 (1788) wfo-4000013304
Ferreola J.Koenig ex Roxb. Pl. Coromandel 1: 35 (1795) wfo-4000014691
Gunisanthus A.DC. Prodr. 8: 219 (1844) wfo-4000016374
Holochilus Dalzell Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 290 (1852) wfo-4000018082
Leucoxylum Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. : 1169 (1827) wfo-4000021623
Maba J.R.Forst. & G.Forst. Char. Gen. Pl. : 121 (1776) wfo-4000022592
Mabola Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 11 (1838) wfo-4000022594
Macreightia A.DC. Prodr. 8: 220 (1844) wfo-4000022668
Noltia Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. : 189 (1827) wfo-4000026209
Paralea Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane : 576 (1775) wfo-4000028060
Persimon Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 164 (1838) wfo-4000028849
Rhaphidanthe Hiern ex Gürke Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(1): 165 (1891) wfo-4000032887
Rhipidostigma Hassk. Retzia 1: 103 (1855) wfo-4000032968
Ropourea Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 198 (1775) wfo-4000033464
Rospidios A.DC. Prodr. 8: 220 (1844) wfo-4000033500
Royena L. Sp. Pl. : 397 (1753) wfo-4000033561
Tetraclis Hiern Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 12: 271 (1873) wfo-4000037868
Thespesocarpus Pierre Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 1258 (1896) wfo-4000038193
Guaiacana Duhamel Traité Arbr. Arbust. 1: 283 (1755) wfo-4000048489
Ebenoxylon Spreng. Gen. Pl. 1: 40 (1830) wfo-4100003345

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These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Diospyros:

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