Diospyros nidiformis, Schatz & Lowry Ii, 2011

Schatz, George E. & Lowry Ii, Porter P., 2011, Nomenclatural notes on Malagasy Diospyros L. (Ebenaceae), Adansonia (3) 33 (2), pp. 271-281 : 277

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5252/a2011n2a12

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AA7F5143-FFA3-FFC9-2B54-FD89FC95EF05

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Carolina

scientific name

Diospyros nidiformis
status

 

33. Diospyros nidiformis View in CoL

G.E.Schatz & Lowry, nom. nov.

Diospyros ? intricata H.Perrier, Mémoires de l’Institut scientifique de Madagascar, sér. B, 4: 122 (1952), non Diospyros intricata (A.Gray) Standl., Publications of the Carnegie Institute ofWashington 461 (4): 80 (1935). — Type: Decary 10683 (holo-, P! [ P00573548 ]; iso-, MO! [6128591], P! [ P00573547 ], TEF).

The proposed new name reflects the short-shoot growth habit of the species, a feature shared with many other shrubs occurring in Madagascar’s subarid bushland.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Ebenaceae

Genus

Diospyros

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