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  1. Family: Ebenaceae Gürke
    1. Genus: Diospyros L.

      1. Diospyros kaki L.f.

        This species is accepted, and its native range is Assam to Central & S. China and Vietnam, Taiwan.

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    Assam, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan, Vietnam

    Introduced into:

    Bangladesh, Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Philippines, Queensland

    Diospyros kaki L.f. appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Dec 1, 1970 Tsang, W.T. [20197], Guangdong K000792350
    16625.000
    22087.000
    Feb 1, 1971 Kurz, S. [1008], Burma Diospyros roxburghii K000792300

    First published in Suppl. Pl.: 439 (1782)

    Accepted by

    • Jessup, L.W. (2014). A taxonomic revision of Diospyros L. (Ebenaceae) in Australia Austrobaileya 9: 155-197.
    • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
    • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L Englera 29-1: 1-438.
    • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.
    • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (1996). Flora of China 15: 1-387. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

    Literature

    Kew Backbone Distributions
    • Jessup, L.W. (2014). A taxonomic revision of Diospyros L. (Ebenaceae) in Australia Austrobaileya 9: 155-197.

    Sources

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    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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