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 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