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Diospyros
virginiana
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Dicots
Family
EBENACEAE
Genus
Diospyros
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Diospyros
virginiana
L.
Common Name
COMMON PERSIMMON
Growth Habit
**
C Value
**
Plant Notes
McKenney (1967) provided a vegetative comparison of this species with Nyssa, noting the microscopic glands of D. virginiana on the upper surface along the midrib.
Status
Native
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Supraordinal
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ERICALES
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EBENACEAE
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Diospyros
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Diospyros
virginiana
L.
- COMMON PERSIMMON
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DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1057. 1753.
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Type
Without data, Kalm s.n. (lectotype: LINN 1231.4). Lectotypified by Reveal, in C. E. Jarvis, Order out of Chaos 482. 2007.
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