Diospyros virginiana

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q158356
Diospyros virginiana
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 720. Courtesy of Kentucky · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Diospyros virginiana is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,696 views/month, #1,394 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Diospyros virginiana's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Diospyros virginiana is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Diospyros virginiana's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Diospyros virginiana is classified within Diospyros[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Diospyros virginiana is Diospyros virginiana[7].
  • Diospyros virginiana's Commons category is recorded as Diospyros virginiana[8].
  • Diospyros virginiana's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Diospyros virginiana[9].
  • Diospyros virginiana's Commons gallery is recorded as Diospyros virginiana[10].
  • Diospyros virginiana's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=14329[11].
  • Diospyros virginiana's this taxon is source of is recorded as persimmon[12].
  • Diospyros virginiana's short name is recorded as D. virginiana[13].
  • Diospyros virginiana is commonly known as common persimmon[14].
  • Diospyros virginiana is commonly known as Amerikansk Kaki[15].
  • Diospyros virginiana is commonly known as American persimmon[16].
  • Diospyros virginiana is commonly known as eastern persimmon[17].
  • Diospyros virginiana is commonly known as possumwood[18].
  • Diospyros virginiana is commonly known as Amerikanpersimoni[19].
  • Diospyros virginiana is commonly known as Persimonowc[20].
  • Diospyros virginiana is commonly known as Amerikaanse persimmon[21].
  • Diospyros virginiana is commonly known as Caqui americano[22].
  • Diospyros virginiana is commonly known as Хурма вирджинская[23].
  • Diospyros virginiana is commonly known as Virjinya hurması[24].
  • Diospyros virginiana is commonly known as 北美柿[25].
  • Diospyros virginiana is commonly known as persimon[26].
  • Diospyros virginiana's invasive to is recorded as Brazil[27].

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Classification

Diospyros virginiana's scientific name is Diospyros virginiana[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Diospyros[6]. Recorded taxon common name include common persimmon[14], Amerikansk Kaki[15], American persimmon[16], eastern persimmon[17], possumwood[18], and Amerikanpersimoni[19].

Identifiers

Diospyros virginiana's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 83435[28]. Diospyros virginiana's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 13493[29]. Diospyros virginiana's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 595775[30]. Diospyros virginiana's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3032986[31]. Diospyros virginiana's ITIS TSN is recorded as 23855[32].

Why It Matters

Diospyros virginiana ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,696 views/month, #1,394 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Foliage type → deciduous plant
    Taxon rank → species
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