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As of July 2014[update] the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families and The Plant List recognise about 750 accepted taxa (of species and infraspecific names) in the plant genus Diospyros.[1][2]
A
Accepted species as of May 2023:[3]
- Diospyros abyssinica (Hiern) F.White
- Diospyros acapulcensis Kunth
- subsp. nicaraguensis (Standl.) Provance, I.García & A.C.Sanders
- subsp. verae-crucis (Standl.) Provance, I.García & A.C.Sanders
- Diospyros acocksii (De Winter) De Winter
- Diospyros acris Hemsl.
- Diospyros aculeata H.Perrier
- Diospyros acuminata (Thwaites) Kosterm.
- Diospyros acuta Thwaites
- Diospyros adenophora Bakh.
- Diospyros adiensis Kosterm.
- Diospyros aequoris Standl.
- subsp. martineziana (Standl. ex Leavenw.) Provance, I.García & A.C.Sanders
- subsp. rekoi (Standl.) Provance, I.García & A.C.Sanders
- Diospyros affinis Thwaites
- Diospyros agnitser B.Walln.
- Diospyros aifatensis Kosterm.
- Diospyros alatella Kosterm.
- Diospyros albiflora Alston
- Diospyros alboflavescens (Gürke) F.White
- Diospyros alisu B.Walln.
- Diospyros alpina Kosterm.
- Diospyros amabi B.Walln.
- Diospyros amanap B.Walln.
- Diospyros amaniensis Gürke
- Diospyros ambajensis G.E.Schatz & Lowry
- Diospyros amboinensis Bakh.
- Diospyros amborelloides G.E.Schatz & Lowry
- Diospyros analamerensis H.Perrier
- Diospyros andamanica (Kurz) Bakh.
- Diospyros andohahelensis G.E.Schatz & Lowry
- Diospyros angulata Poir.
- Diospyros anisandra S.F.Blake
- Diospyros anisocalyx C.Y.Wu
- Diospyros anitae F.White
- Diospyros anosivolensis H.Perrier
- Diospyros antakaranae Capuron ex G.E.Schatz & Lowry
- Diospyros antongilensis G.E.Schatz & Lowry
- Diospyros antsirananae G.E.Schatz & Lowry
- Diospyros apeibocarpos Raddi
- Diospyros apiculata Hiern
- Diospyros arenicola Linan, G.E.Schatz & Lowry
- Diospyros areolata King & Gamble
- Diospyros areolifolia Kosterm.
- Diospyros argentea Griff.
- Diospyros armata Hemsl.
- Diospyros artanthifolia Mart. ex Miq.
- Diospyros arupaj B.Walln.
- Diospyros atrata (Thwaites) Alston
- Diospyros attenuata Thwaites
- Diospyros aurea Teijsm. & Binn.
- Diospyros australis (R.Br.) Hiern – yellow persimmon, black plum, grey plum
B
Accepted species as of May 2023:[3]
- Diospyros balansae Guillaumin
- Diospyros balfouriana Diels
- Diospyros baloen-idjoek Bakh.
- Diospyros bambuseti Fletcher
- Diospyros bangkana Bakh.
- Diospyros bangoiensis Lecomte
- Diospyros baranensis Lecomte
- Diospyros barberi Ramaswami
- Diospyros bardotiae H.N.Rakouth, G.E.Schatz & Lowry
- Diospyros baroniana H.Perrier
- Diospyros barteri Hiern
- Diospyros batocana Hiern
- Diospyros beankensis Linan, G.E.Schatz & Lowry
- Diospyros beberonnii G.E.Schatz & Lowry
- Diospyros beccarioides Ng
- Diospyros bejaudii Lecomte
- Diospyros bemarivensis H.Perrier
- Diospyros benstonei Kosterm.
- Diospyros bernieriana (Baill.) H.Perrier
- Diospyros betamponensis G.E.Schatz & Lowry
- Diospyros bezofensis H.Perrier
- Diospyros bibracteata Bakh.
- Diospyros bipindensis Gürke
- Diospyros blancoi A.DC. – kamagong, mabolo, butter fruit, velvet-apple
- Diospyros blepharophylla Standl.
- Diospyros blumutensis Ng
- Diospyros boala De Wild.
- Diospyros boinensis (H.Perrier) G.E. Schatz & Lowry
- Diospyros boiviniana (Baill.) G.E. Schatz & Lowry
- Diospyros boivinii Hiern
- Diospyros bonii Lecomte
- Diospyros borbonica I.Richardson
- Diospyros borneensis Hiern
- Diospyros bourdillonii Brandis
- Diospyros boutoniana A.DC.
- Diospyros brainii Ng
- Diospyros brandisiana Kurz
- Diospyros brasiliensis Mart. ex Miq.
- Diospyros brassica F.White
- Diospyros brevicalyx Boerl. & Koord.-Schum.
- Diospyros brideliifolia Elmer
- Diospyros britannoborneensis Bakh.
- Diospyros bullata A.C.Sm.
- Diospyros bumelioides Standl.
- Diospyros burmanica Kurz
- Diospyros bussei Gürke
- Diospyros buxifolia (Blume) Hiern
C
Accepted species as of May 2023:[3]
- Diospyros cacharensis (Das & P.C.Kanjilal) H.B.Naithani
- Diospyros cachimboensis Pires & Cavalc.
- Diospyros calcicola Merr.
- Diospyros calciphila F.White
- Diospyros californica (Brandegee) I.M.Johnst.
- Diospyros callmanderi G.E.Schatz & Lowry
- Diospyros caloneura C.Y.Wu
- Diospyros calophylla Hiern
- Diospyros calycantha O.Schwarz
- Diospyros cambodiana Lecomte
- Diospyros campanulata Bakh.
- Diospyros canaliculata De Wild.
- Diospyros candolleana Wight
- Diospyros capreifolia Mart. ex Hiern
- Diospyros capricornuta F.White
- Diospyros carbonaria Benoist
- Diospyros caribaea (A.DC.) Standl. — tagua-tagua, native to Cuban moist forests.
- Diospyros carpinifolia (Ridl.) Bakh.
- Diospyros castanea (Craib) Fletcher
- Diospyros cathayensis Steward
- Diospyros caudisepala Bakh.
- Diospyros cauliflora Blume
- Diospyros cauligera F.White
- Diospyros cavalcantei Sothers
- Diospyros cayennensis A.DC.
- Diospyros celebica Bakh. – Makassar ebony
- Diospyros chaetocarpa Kosterm.
- Diospyros chamaethamnus Mildbr. – sand apple
- Diospyros chartacea Wall. ex A.DC.
- Diospyros cherrieri F.White
- Diospyros chevalieri De Wild.
- Diospyros chitoniophora Capuron ex Linan, G.E.Schatz & Lowry
- Diospyros chloroxylon Roxb.
- Diospyros choboensis Lecomte
- Diospyros christophersenii Fosberg
- Diospyros chrysocarpa F.White
- Diospyros chrysophyllos Poir.
- Diospyros chunii Metcalf & L.Chen
- Diospyros cinnabarina (Gürke) F.White
- Diospyros cinnamomoides H.Perrier
- Diospyros clavigera C.B.Clarke
- Diospyros cleisthantha O.Lachenaud G.E.Schatz
- Diospyros clementium Bakh.
- Diospyros clusiifolia (Hiern) G.E. Schatz & Lowry
- Diospyros coaetanea Fletcher
- Diospyros coccolobifolia Mart. ex Miq.
- Diospyros collinsiae Craib
- Diospyros comorensis Hiern
- Diospyros confertiflora (Hiern) Bakh.
- Diospyros conformis Bakh.
- Diospyros conocarpa Gürke ex K.Schum.
- Diospyros consanguinea Merr.
- Diospyros consolatae Chiov.
- Diospyros conzattii Standl.
- Diospyros cooperi (Hutch. & Dalziel) F.White
- Diospyros corallina Chun & T.C.Chen
- Diospyros cordata (Hiern) Bakh.
- Diospyros cordato-oblonga Kosterm.
- Diospyros coriacea Hiern
- Diospyros courrierensis Linan, G.E.Schatz & Lowry
- Diospyros coursiana H.Perrier
- Diospyros crassiflora Hiern — Gaboon ebony, Gabon ebony, African ebony, West African ebony, Benin ebony
- Diospyros crassifolia Linan, G.E.Schatz & Lowry
- Diospyros crassinervis (Krug & Urb.) Standl.
- subsp. urbaniana (Leonard) Alain
- Diospyros crebripilis Kosterm.
- Diospyros crockerensis Ng
- Diospyros crumenata Thwaites
- Diospyros cupulifera H.Perrier
- Diospyros curranii Merr.
D
Accepted species as of May 2023:[3]
- Diospyros daemona Bakh.
- Diospyros dalyom B.Walln.
- Diospyros danguyana H.Perrier
- Diospyros danxiaensis (R.H.Miao & W.Q.Liu) Y.H.Tong & N.H.Xia
- Diospyros darainensis G.E.Schatz & Lowry
- Diospyros dasyphylla Kurz
- Diospyros decandra Lour. – gold apple
- Diospyros decaryana H.Perrier
- Diospyros decaryoides G.E.Schatz & Lowry
- Diospyros defectrix Fletcher
- Diospyros dendo Welw. ex Hiern
- Diospyros densiflora Wall. ex G.Don
- Diospyros dichroa Sandwith
- Diospyros dichrophylla (Gand.) De Winter
- Diospyros dicorypheoides H.Perrier
- Diospyros dictyoneura Hiern
- Diospyros diepenhorstii Miq.
- Diospyros dinhensis T.H.Nguyên
- Diospyros discocalyx Merr.
- Diospyros diversifolia Hiern
- Diospyros diversilimba Merr. & Chun
- Diospyros dodecandra Lour.
- Diospyros dolmen B.Walln.
- Diospyros domarkind B.Walln.
- Diospyros domingensis (Urb.) Alain — endemic to Hispaniola.[4]
- Diospyros dumetorum W.W.Sm.
- Diospyros dussaudii Lecomte
T
Accepted species as of February 2024:[3]
- Diospyros taikintana G.E.Schatz & Lowry
- Diospyros tampinensis H.Perrier
- Diospyros tampolensis H.N.Rakouth, Lowry & G.E.Schatz
- Diospyros tarim B.Walln.
- Diospyros tehno C.Puglisi, Jimbo & Hagwood
- Diospyros tenuiflora A.C.Sm.
- Diospyros tenuipes Merr.
- Diospyros tepu B.Walln.
- Diospyros terminalis Kosterm.
- Diospyros tero B.Walln.
- Diospyros tessellaria Poir. – Mauritius ebony
- Diospyros tessmannii Mildbr.
- Diospyros tetraceros H.Perrier
- Diospyros tetrandra Hiern
- Diospyros tetrapoda H.Perrier
- Diospyros tetrasperma Sw.
- Diospyros texana Scheele – Texas persimmon, Mexican persimmon, black persimmon
- Diospyros thaiensis Phengklai
- Diospyros thomasii Hutch. & Dalziel
- Diospyros thorelii (Lecomte) T.H.Nguyên
- Diospyros thouarsii Hiern
- Diospyros thwaitesii (Hiern) Bedd.
- Diospyros tireliae F.White
- Diospyros tonkinensis A.Chev.
- Diospyros toposia Buch.-Ham.
- Diospyros torquata H.Perrier
- Diospyros touranensis Lecomte
- Diospyros toxicaria Hiern
- Diospyros transita (Bakh.) Kosterm.
- Diospyros transitoria Bakh.
- Diospyros trengganuensis Ng
- Diospyros trianthos Phengkhlai
- Diospyros trichophylla Alston
- Diospyros tricolor (Schumach. & Thonn.) Hiern
- Diospyros tridentata F.White
- Diospyros tristis King & Gamble
- Diospyros trisulca F.White
- Diospyros trombetensis Sandwith
- Diospyros tropophylla (H.Perrier) G.E.Schatz & Lowry
- Diospyros troupinii F.White
- Diospyros truncata Zoll. & Moritzi
- Diospyros truncatifolia Caveney
- Diospyros tsangii Merr.
- Diospyros tuberculata Bakh.
- Diospyros turfosa Kosterm.
- Diospyros tutcheri Dunn