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

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Meeprom, N. orcid id iconORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4193-7062, Duangjai, S. orcid id iconORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1490-759X, Utteridge, T. M.A. orcid id iconORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2823-0337, Culham, A. orcid id iconORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7440-0133 and Puglisi, C. orcid id iconORCID: 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 doi: 10.5852/ejt.2024.932.2533

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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.

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Item Type Article
URI https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/116435
Identification Number/DOI 10.5852/ejt.2024.932.2533
Refereed Yes
Divisions Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences > Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Uncontrolled Keywords botany, taxonomy, phylogenetics, biodiversity
Publisher EJT Consortium
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