Ebenaceae
Diospyros

Diospyros dendo Welw. ex Hiern

First published in Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 12: 195 (1873)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Nigeria to N. Angola. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Nigeria, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • F.T.A. 3: 523.
  • in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. 12: 195, t. 10 (1873)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 1, 2002 Nemba, J. [220] Cameroon K000051675 No
Jul 1, 2002 Etuge, M. [260] Cameroon K000051676 No
Jun 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [3999] Cameroon K000108584 No
Jun 1, 2001 Etuge, M. [4474] Cameroon K000108585 No
Aug 1, 1954 Vermoesen, F.M.C. [1585] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000350681 Type Yes
Aug 1, 1954 Zenker, G.A. [914] Cameroon K000350643 Syntype Yes
Aug 1, 1954 Vermoesen, F.M.C. [1705] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000350682 Type Yes
Aug 1, 1954 Zenker, G.A. [1722] Cameroon K000350640 Type Yes
Aug 1, 1954 Zenker, G.A. [1722] Cameroon K000350641 Syntype Yes
Aug 1, 1954 Zenker, G.A. [2350] Cameroon K000350645 Syntype Yes
Aug 1, 1954 Zenker, G.A. [1154] Cameroon K000350644 Syntype Yes
Aug 1, 1954 Zenker, G.A. [3746] Cameroon K000350642 Syntype Yes
Aug 1, 1954 Le Testu, M. [2126] Gabon K000350680 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1954 Mildbraed, G., W. J. [10754] Cameroon K000051643 No
Gartlan, J. [F468] Cameroon K:SPC-07468.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Wood Anatomy Microscope Slides

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/