Ebenaceae

Ebenaceae Gurke, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(1): 153. 1892. nom. cons. 'Ebony Family'

Characteristic Features:

Woody in nature
Leaves two-ranked, entire, may have flat, dark coloured glands on abaxial surface
Calyx usually much accrescent in fruit, corolla contorted in flower

Diversity:

World- 3 genera 751 species (ThePlant List 2013); 4 genera, 800 species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016); 3 genera, 575 species (Mabberely 2017); 3 genera, 755 species (CoL 2021)
India - 1 genus 51 species (Karthikeyan 2000); 1 genus, 62 species (BSI, 2021)
Indian Himalaya- 1 genus, 12 species (Singh et al. 2019)
Uttarakhand - 1 genus 5 species (Uniyal et al. 2007)

General Characters:

Ebenaceae in Watson & Dallwitz (1992 onwards)
Ebenaceae in Stevens (2001 onwards)
Ebenaceae in POWO 2021 (Plants of the World Online)
Ebenaceae in Wikipedia

Systematic Position of the Family in Different Systems of Classifications:

Systematic position in 2-Superkingdom, 7-Kingdom classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)

Super Kingdom- Eukaryota, Kingdom- Plantae, Subkingdom- Viridiplantae, Infrakingdom- Streptophyta, Superphylum- Embryophyta, Phylum- Tracheophyta, Subphylum- Spermatophytina, Superclass- Angiospermae, Class- Magnoliopsida, Superorder- Asteranae, Order- Ericales

Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)

Class : Dicotyledons
Subclass : Gamopetalae
Series : Heteromerae
Orders : Ebenales

Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)

Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Embryophyta Siphonogama
Subdivision: Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledoneae
Subclass : Metachlamydeae
Order : Ebenales

Hutchinson (1973)

Phylum : Angiospermae
Subphylum: Dicotyledones
Division : Lignosae
Order : Ebenales

Cronquist (1988)

Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Dilleniidae
Order : Ebenales

Thorne & Reveal (2007)

Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Asteridae
Super Order: Ericanae
Order : Sapotales

Takhtajan (2009)

Phylum : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Dilleniidae
Super Order: Primulanae
Order : Ebenales

Reveal (2012)

Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order: Ericanae
Order : Ericales
Suborder : Primulineae

APG-IV (2016)

Clade : Angiosperms
Clade : Eudicots
Clade : Core Eudicots
Clade : Superasterids
Clade : Asterids
Clade : Ericales

Shipunov (2020)

Class : Angiospermae
Subclass : Asteridae
Super Order: Asteranae
Order : Ericales
Suborder : Primulineae

Genera & Species in Pantnagar

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~Wild Flora~

Diospyros malabarica (Desr.) Kostel