Diospyros purniyagiriensis Shashi et al. 2007

Dicotyledoneae - Ericales - Ebenaceae

Belongs to Diospyros according to M. Prasad 2008

Sister taxa: Diospyros alaskana, Diospyros ambigua, Diospyros amboyensis, Diospyros anceps, Diospyros andersonae, Diospyros apiculata, Diospyros brachysepala, Diospyros celastroides, Diospyros darwajensis, Diospyros elliptica, Diospyros embryopterisites, Diospyros eminens, Diospyros ficoidea, Diospyros foliosa, Diospyros haguei, Diospyros headonensis, Diospyros hexaphylla, Diospyros judithae, Diospyros kathgodamensis, Diospyros koilabasensis, Diospyros lamarensis, Diospyros leei, Diospyros lesquereuxi, Diospyros lotus, Diospyros microcalyx, Diospyros microphylla, Diospyros miocenicus, Diospyros miokaki, Diospyros nainitalensis, Diospyros nebraskana, Diospyros nitida, Diospyros obtusata, Diospyros palaeoebenum, Diospyros palaeoeriantha, Diospyros pretoposia, Diospyros primaeva, Diospyros prodromus, Diospyros provecta, Diospyros pseudoanceps, Diospyros raritanensis, Diospyros retinervis, Diospyros rotundifolia, Diospyros rotundifolius, Diospyros steenstrupi, Diospyros stenosepala, Diospyros vancouverensis, Diospyros vera, Diospyros virginiana, Diospyros wilcoxiana

Type specimen: Its type locality is Road Cutting, Thuligad to Purniyagiri Temple, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene fluvial horizon in India

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Road Cutting, Thuligad to Purniyagiri Temple

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