Ebenaceae
Diospyros

Diospyros natalensis (Harv.) Brenan

First published in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 500 (1954)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to S. Africa, Comoros, Madagascar. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cape Provinces, Comoros, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas p. 447 (1994).
  • Brenan in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 8: 500 (1954).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 175 (1961).
  • De Winter in Flora of Southern Africa 26: 58, t. 9/1 (1963).
  • F. White in Bulletin du Jardin botanique National de Belgique 58: 343-351 & 432-435 (1988).
  • F. White in Flora Zambesiaca 7(1): 254, t. 55B (1983)
  • F. White in Flore d'Afrique Centrale, Ebenaceae: 10, t. 1H-M (1987)
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 324, fig. 58A (1962).
  • K. Coates Palgrave, Trees Southern Afr.: 748, fig. 246 (1977).
  • Palmer & Pitman, Trees Southern Afr. 3: 1789, fig. & photo. on 1790 (1973).
  • Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 31 (1980).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 1954 Dawe [524] Mozambique K000350763 Type Yes
Timberlake, J. [s.n.] Malawi K000614753 No
Matimele, H.; Osborne, J. [SOC C2 S001] Mozambique K000569842 Yes
Bidgood, S.; Merrett, L. & Vollesen, K. [8796] Zambia K001567878 Yes
unknown [675] South Africa K000350847 Type Yes
Timberlake, J. [s.n.] Malawi K000614748 No
Cooper, T. [2695] South Africa K000350846 Unknown Type Material Yes
Eyles, F. [3414] Zimbabwe K000350766 Type Yes
Gerrard, W.T. [110] South Africa K000350845 Unknown Type Material Yes
Timberlake, J. [s.n.] Malawi K000614787 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

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    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East 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