Description
Family Ebenaceae
Trees
or erect
shrubs
, occasionally with spine-tipped branchlets
. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite, entire
; stipules absent. Flowers actinomorphic
, usually unisexual
, dioecious, or polygamous, rarely bisexual
. Male flowers often in cymes, sometimes in clusters
or solitary; pistil rudimentary
or absent. Female flowers often solitary, axillary
, imperfect or without stamens. Calyx 3--7-lobed, persistent
and often becoming enlarged in female or bisexual flowers; lobes
abutting or overlapping in bud. Corolla 3--7-lobed; lobes convolute, rarely overlapping or abutting. Stamens hypogynous or at bottom
of corolla, 2--4 X
as many as corolla lobes, rarely as many as corolla lobes and alternate with them; filaments
free
or united
in pairs. Ovary superior, 2--16-locular; ovules 1 or 2 per locule. Styles
2--8, free or basally united; stigma entire or 2-lobed. Fruit a ± fleshy
berry, with few to several seeds. Seeds usually oblong
; endosperm sometimes ruminate
; hilum
small.
Three genera and ca.
500 species: mostly in the tropics; one genus and 60 species (43 endemic) in China.Shugang Li, Michael G. Gilbert & Frank White "Ebenaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 215. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Dilleniidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Primulanae
()
- R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1996
- Order:
Styracales
()
- Burnett, 1835
- Order:
Styracales
(
- Superorder:
Primulanae
(
- Subclass:
Dilleniidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Diospyros alboflavescens
- Diospyros alboflavescens (Gürke) F. White
Similar Species
Members of the genus Maba
There are approximately 128 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
M. abyssinica · M. acapulcensis · M. alboflavescens · M. beccarii · M. bicolor · M. bipindensis · M. buxifolia · M. cargillia · M. caribaea · M. carpinifolia · M. chrysantha · M. cinnabarina · M. compacta · M. cooperi · M. coriacea · M. crassinervis · M. cupulosa · M. dawei · M. diffusa · M. ebenus · M. elliotii · M. elliptica · M. enervis · M. euosmia · M. fasciculosa · M. foliosa · M. forbesii · M. fragrans · M. gavi · M. geminata · M. globosa · M. gneissicola · M. gossweileri · M. graboensis · M. grisebachii · M. guineensis · M. hemicycloides · M. hillebrandii · M. humbertii · M. humilis · M. inconstans · M. interstans · M. intricata · M. iturensis · M. janowskyi · M. kamerunensis · M. lamiana · M. lamponga · M. lancea · M. lateriflora · M. latifolia · M. laurentii · M. laurina · M. leonis · M. littorea · M. lokohensis · M. madagascariensis · M. magnifolia · M. maingayi · M. major · M. mannii · M. mayombensis · M. mellinoni · M. micrantha · M. mildbraedii · M. montigena · M. motleyi · M. mualala · M. myriophylla · M. myristicoides · M. myrmecocalyx · M. myrtilloides · M. natalensis · M. nebulorum · M. neilgerrensis · M. nicaraguensis · M. nigrescens · M. nutans · M. obducta · M. oblongicarpa · M. oblongifolia · M. obovata · M. olivacea · M. ovata · M. oxycarpa · M. palauensis · M. parviflora · M. pavonii · M. pentamera · M. perakensis · M. pervilleana · M. pierrei · M. purpusii · M. quadridentata · M. quartzitarum · M. quercina · M. quiloensis · M. racemosa · M. rekoi · M. reticulata
Bibliography
- Li Shu-gang (as Lee Shu-kang). 1987. Ebenaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 60(1): 84-154.
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Notes
Contributors
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed August 1, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9428216
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 1386779
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2188672
