Ebenaceae
Diospyros

Diospyros kirkii Hiern

First published in Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 12: 199 (1873)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tanzania to S. Tropical Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Brenan in Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 8: 499 (1954).
  • F. White in Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 58: 407, fig. 18 & 21/1 (1988).
  • F. White in Flora Zambesiaca 7(1): 284, t. 65B (1983)
  • F. White in Flore d'Afrique Centrale, Ebenaceae: 86, t. 14I-L (1987)
  • F. White in Syst. Assoc. Publ. 4: 88-96, t. 9A (1962).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 331 (1962)
  • Gomes e Sousa, Dendrol. Moçamb., Estudo Geral, 2: 630, photo. on 590, t. 195 (1966).
  • Gürke in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 306 (1895).
  • Hiern in Flora of Tropical Africa 3: 523 (1877).
  • Hiern in Trans. Camb. Phil. Soc. 12: 199 (1873)
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 185 (1949).
  • K. Coates Palgrave, Trees Southern Afr.: 747 (1977).
  • Vollesen in Opera Bot. 59: 31 (1980).
  • Wild et al., Rhod. Bot. Dict., ed. 2: 150 (1972).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 14, 2023 Brummitt, R.K.; Eccles, D.H. [8807] Malawi K001519541 No
Dec 1, 1960 Welweitsch [2531] Angola K000350783 Type Yes
Dec 1, 1960 Baum, H. [945] Angola K000350785 Type Yes
Dec 1, 1960 Gossweiler, J. [2068] Angola K000350784 Type Yes
Harley, R.M. [9381] Tanzania K:SPC-05070.000 No
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000350781 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000350782 Unknown Type Material Yes
Robson, N.K.B. [903] Zambia K:SPC-07022.000 No
Robson, N.K.B. [157] Zambia K:SPC-22145.000 No
Timberlake, J. [s.n.] Malawi K000614788 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • 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