Ebenaceae
Diospyros

Diospyros gabunensis Gürke

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 72 (1898)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv., ed. 2, 3: 166, t. 311.
  • in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 26: 72 (1899)

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • F. White in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2: 12 (1963)
  • F. White in Nigerian Trees 2: 334 (1964).
  • Gürke in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 26: 72 (1898).
  • Letouzey & White, Fl. Cameroun 11 & Fl. Gabon 18: 77, t. 9 (1970).
  • Troupin, Fl. Rwanda 3: 32, fig.10/1 (1985).
  • White in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 48: 317 (1978) (synonymy)
  • White in Distr. Fl. Afr. 14, carte 457 (1978)
  • White in Flora Zambesiaca 7(1): 276, fig. 62C (1983).
  • White, Flore d'Afrique Centrale Ebenaceae: 60, t. 11E-G, 12 (1987).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Thomas, D.W. [548] Cameroon K:SPC-43440.000 No
Jongkind, C.C.H.; Sambolah, G.; Cherif, P.; Traore, M.K.; Kamgar, A. [13953] Liberia K001612247 Yes
Thomas, D.W. [10572] Cameroon K001383789 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M. [9408] Cameroon K:SPC-11774.000 No

Sources

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

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

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • 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

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