Diospyros whyteana

Diospyros whyteana

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Ericales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Ebenaceae
Genus: Diospyros
Species: Diospyros whyteana

Name edit

Diospyros whyteana (Hiern) F.White, 1961

Synonyms edit

  • Basionym
    • Royena whyteana Hiern, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 4: 25 (1894).
  • Heterotypic
    • Royena lucida L., Sp. Pl.: 397 (1753).
    • Royena wilmsii Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 60 (1898).
    • Royena goetzei Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 372 (1901).
    • Royena nyassae Gürke, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 373 (1901).
    • Royena lucida var. whyteana De Winter & Brenan, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 8: 499 (1954).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental:Africa
      • Cape Provinces; Free State; KwaZulu-Natal; Malawi; Mozambique; Northern Provinces; Swaziland; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References edit

Primary references edit

  • White, F., 1961. Bothalia. A Record of Contributions from the National Herbarium, Union of South Africa. Pretoria 7:458. 1961

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Vernacular names edit

Afrikaans: Swartbas
English: Bladdernut, Blackbark, Wild coffee
Sesotho: Mohlatsane
Tshivenda: Munyavhili
isiXhosa: umTenatane
isiZulu: uManzimane, umKahze
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