Ebenaceae

Ebenaceae
Diospyros sandwicensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ebenaceae
Gürke[1]
Genera

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The Ebenaceae are a family of flowering plants belonging to order Ericales. The family includes ebony and persimmon among about 768[2] species of trees and shrubs. It is distributed across the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world.[3] It is most diverse in the rainforests of Malesia, India, Thailand,[4] tropical Africa and tropical America.[5]

Diospyros chloroxylon
Diospyros kaki
Royena graeca, fossil flower
Diospyros virginiana

Many species are valued for their wood, particularly ebony, for fruit, and as ornamental plants.

  1. ^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. hdl:10654/18083.
  2. ^ "Ebenaceae — The Plant List". Theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
  3. ^ James E. Eckenwalder. "Ebenaceae". Flora of North America. Vol. 8.
  4. ^ "Ebenaceae".Forest Herbarium e-Flora of Thailand
  5. ^ José Manuel Sánchez de Lorenzo-Cáceres. "Arboles Ornamentales".

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