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Notes on South-East Asian Diospyros L. (Ebenaceae, Ericales): commonly misidentified species in mainland South-East Asia

Meeprom, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4193-7062, Duangjai, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1490-759X, Utteridge, T. M.A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2823-0337, Culham, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7440-0133 and Puglisi, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0304-1812 (2024) Notes on South-East Asian Diospyros L. (Ebenaceae, Ericales): commonly misidentified species in mainland South-East Asia. European Journal of Taxonomy, 932. pp. 225-251. ISSN 2118-9773

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To link to this item DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.932.2533

Abstract/Summary

Diospyros L. is a large genus of flowering plants predominantly distributed in the tropics. It comprises over 700 species globally and around 300 are believed to occur in South-East Asia. Many species are economically important and exploited for the production of ebony wood and persimmons, yet taxonomic information on the genus is incomplete and inconsistent due to its morphological and nomenclatural complexity. Revisions of Diospyros in continental and insular South-East Asia were conducted independently by different authors, occasionally with different names used for the same species, or different species being given the same name in different countries. During our ongoing study of the genus Diospyros in Indochina (Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam), we identified several such instances. Here, we clarify the most commonly misidentified species, including 1) D.  apiculata Hiern, D. strigosa Hemsl. and D. tamiriensis Lecomte; 2) D. bejaudii Lecomte and D. retrofracta Bakh.; 3) D. dictyoneura Hiern and D. hasseltii Zoll.; 4) D. borneensis Hiern and D. fecunda H.R.Fletcher. Lectotypifications are also made for D. brachiata King & Gamble var. lanceolata H.R.Fletcher, D. fecunda, D. similis Craib and D. strigosa.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences > Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
ID Code:116435
Uncontrolled Keywords:botany, taxonomy, phylogenetics, biodiversity
Publisher:EJT Consortium

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