Diospyros

Diospyros (Graece διός +  πυρος 'triticum Iovis', scil. 'cibus divinus'Jaeger 1959.Tice 1864.) est genus Ericalium cui sunt plus quam 700 species arborum et fruticum deciduarum et sempervirentium, quarum maior pars in zona tropica endemicae sunt, cum paucae species in regionibus temperatis inveniuntur. Nonnullae species magni aestimantur ob eorum lignum durum, grave, obscurum, nonnullaeque ob eorum fructus. Nonnullae sunt ornamentales, et multae magnum momentum oecologicum habent.

Erucae multarum specierum papilionum foliis vescuntur:
<blockquote>Arctiidae:
Eupseudosoma aberrans
Eupseudosoma involutum
Hypercompe indecisa
Geometridae:
Gymnoscelis rufifasciata in variis speciebus
Limacodidae:
Monema flavescens
Lycaenidae:Neopithecops zalmoraNymphalidae:Charaxes khasianus in D. natalensiDophla evelina in D. candolleanaSaturniidae:Actias luna in variis speciebusCallosamia promethea in variis speciebusCitheronia regalis in D. virginianaTortricidae:"Cnephasia" jactatana</blockquote>

Species selectae
subsp. guerkei (Kuntze) De Winter 
subsp. nitens (Harv. ex Hiern) De Winter 
subsp. sericea (Bernh.) De WinterDiospyros mabacea (F.Muell.) F.Muell.Diospyros macrophylla BlumeDiospyros maingayi (Hiern) Bakh.Diospyros malabarica (Desr.) Kostel.Diospyros maritima BlumeDiospyros marmorata R.ParkerDiospyros melanoxylon Roxb.
var. tupru (Buch.-Ham.) V.SinghDiospyros mespiliformis Hochst. ex A.DC.Diospyros mindanaensis Merr.Diospyros mun A.Chev. ex LecomteDiospyros muricata Bakh.Diospyros neurosepala Bakh.Diospyros nigra (J.F.Gmel.) PerrierDiospyros oligantha Merr.Diospyros oocarpa ThwaitesDiospyros oppositifolia ThwaitesDiospyros ovalifolia WightDiospyros parabuxifolia NgDiospyros pendula Hasselt ex Hassk.Diospyros penibukanensis Bakh.Diospyros pentamera (F.Muell.) Woods & F.Muell.Diospyros perfida Bakh.Diospyros pilosanthera BlancoDiospyros piscicapa Ridl.Diospyros plectosepala HiernDiospyros puncticulosa Bakh.Diospyros pyrrhocarpa Miq.Diospyros revaughanii Rich.Diospyros rhombifolia Hemsl.Diospyros ridleyi Bakh.Diospyros rigida HiernDiospyros rufa King & GambleDiospyros sandwicensis (A.DC.) FosbergDiospyros seychellarum (Hiern) Kosterm.Diospyros siamang Bakh.Diospyros simaloerensis Bakh.Diospyros singaporensis Bakh.Diospyros squamifolia Kosterm.Diospyros styraciformis King & GambleDiospyros subrhomboidea King & GambleDiospyros subtruncata Hochr.Diospyros sulcata Bourd.Diospyros sumatrana Miq.Diospyros tessellaria Poir.Diospyros texana ScheeleDiospyros thwaitesii (Hiern) Bedd.Diospyros tuberculata Bakh.Diospyros ulo Merr.Diospyros venosa Wall. ex A.DC.
var. olivacea (King & Gamble) NgDiospyros virginiana L.Diospyros walkeri (Wight) GürkeDiospyros wallichii King & GambleDiospyros whyteana (Hiern) P.White

Adrianus van Royen
Ebonol

Notae

Bibliographia
Jaeger, Edmund Carroll. 1959. A source-book of biological names and terms. Springfield Illinoesiae: Thomas. ISBN 0398061793.
Tice, John. H. 1864. Essay on the Diospyros virginiana. Annual report.'' Missouri State Horticultural Society.

 Nexus externi 

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