全 文 ：Diospyros L. is the largest genus of about
450 – 500 species of evergreen and deciduous trees
in Ebenaceae, mainly distributed in pantropical and
temperate regions[1–4]. In China, there are 57 – 60
species (six varieties, one form, one cultivated species).
Several species are known only from limited localities
of SE and SW China[1]. In the genus, some of the
species are important as economic plants in China[5–6].
During some surveys on the seed plants in the
Yuanyang and Jinping Counties of southeastern
Yunnan, we collected some specimens of Diospyros
with cauliflory habit, alternate and distichous leaves,
bisexual flowers, long simple crass style and persistent
calyx. The combination of features indicated that it is
a new member of Diospyros, which had not been
recorded to China[1]. By consulting some publications,
we confirmed that it is Diospyros brandisiana Kurz,
which is common in Southeastern Asia[1–4].
Diospyros brandisiana Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal,
Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 40(2): 72 (1871).　　长柱柿(新拟)
Evergreen tree, 8 – 12 m tall; bark smooth and
Received： 2013–07–03　　　　Accepted： 2013–10–18
This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30870165); the Natural Science Foundation of Yunnan (312008CD161);
and the National Geographic Society Grant of USA (NGS8288-07).
* Corresponding author. E-mail: ymshui@mail.kib.ac.cn
热带亚热带植物学报　2014， 22(1)： 31 ~ 33
Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany
中国柿树科植物一新记录种——长柱柿
田祥宇1,2, 陈文红1, 税玉民1*, 喻智勇3, 朱欣田3
(1. 中国科学院东亚植物多样性与生物地理学重点实验室，中国科学院昆明植物研究所，昆明 650201； 2. 中国科学院大学，北京 100049；
3. 金平分水岭国家级自然保护区管理局，云南 金平 661500)
摘要： 报道中国柿科(Ebenaceae)柿属植物一新记录种——长柱柿(Diospyros brandisiana Kurz)，并描述了该新记录种的形态特
征和生境分布。该种为该属中国分布的唯一具老茎生花的种类。凭证标本存放于中国科学院昆明植物研究所标本馆(KUN)。
关键词： 中国； 长柱柿； 柿树科； 新记录
doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1005–3395.2014.01.005
Diospyros brandisiana Kurz (Ebenaceae), A Newly Recorded Species from
China
TIAN Xiang-yu1,2, CHEN Wen-hong1, SHUI Yu-min1*, YU Zhi-yong3, ZHU Xin-tian3
(1. Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201,
China; 2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; 3. Jinping Management Bureaus, Fenshuiling National Nature Reserve,
Jinping 661500, China)
Abstract: Diospyros brandisiana Kurz (Ebenaceae) is reported as newly recorded species to China. Its diagnostic
characters, habitat and distribution are discussed. Its cauliflory habit is unique among the species of the genus
Diospyros in China. The voucher specimens are deposited in Herbarium of Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese
Academy of Sciences (KUN).
Key words: China; Diospyros brandisiana; Ebenaceae; Newly recorded species
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black, cauliflorous; branches pubescent when young,
glabrescent when mature. Leaves alternate; petioles
puberulous, 0.5 – 1.7 cm; blades chartaceous, oblong
to lanceolate, 12 – 24 cm × 4.5 – 7.8 cm, apex acuminate,
base attenuate, margin entire, glabrous on both sides,
appressed pubescent along the veins, midrib flat above,
secondary veins 13 – 17 pairs. Cyme born on trunks,
1-many-flowered. Flowers white and smooth inside,
greenish and sparsely black tomentose outside, penta-
merous or occasionally tetramerous. Pedicels 1.7 –
5.8 mm, tomentose. Bracts lanceolate, 0.6 – 1.4 mm
long, tomentose. Calyx commonly 5-lobed, lobes 2.1 –
3.4 mm, brown tomentose. Corolla campanulate, 7 –
9 mm, tube ca. 12 mm, brown villous, commonly
5-lobed, lobes oblong, 5 – 7 mm × 3 – 4 mm, apex
obtuse. Ovary pubescent, 10-locular, style simple and
robust, 0.6 – 1.2 mm long, stigmas 5 – 6 papillose.
Berries somewhat leathery, global, black pubescent,
xyloid and 3 – 4 cm diam. When mature, persistent
style 1.8 – 2.5 mm long.
Phenology: Flowering from February to April,
fruiting from May to August.
Habitat: It is found in tropical seasonal forest at
the elevation of 700 – 900 m.
Distribution: Diospyros brandisiana Kurz is
distributed to China, India, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand,
Vietnam and Malaysia. It is newly recorded to China
occurring in southeastern Yunnan.
Fig. 1 Diospyros brandisiana Kurz. A: Flowers born on the old trunk; B: Leaves and branches; C: Flowers; D: Fruits. [A, B and C vouchered by Y. M.
Shui et al. 70247, D by Y. M. Shui et al. 91304. (Photos: A, B, C by SHUI Yu-min, D by YU Zhi-yong)].
第1期 33田祥宇等：中国柿树科植物一新记录种——长柱柿
Specimens examined: China. Yunnan: Yuanyang,
Huangmaoling Xiang, hillsides of sparse forestland,
103°01′1″ E, 23°00′1″ N, alt. 900 m, in flowers, Mar.
8, 2006, Y. M. Shui et al. 70247 (KUN); in the same
locality, in fruits, May 14, 2010, Y. M. Shui et al.
83826 (KUN); Jinping, Mengla Zhen, Wengdang
Village, montane rain forest, 102°55′70″ E, 22°42′50″
N, alt. 877 m, in fruits, July 20, 2011, Y. M. Shui et al.
91304 (KUN).
D. brandisiana differs from all Chinese species
by long simple crass style and persistent stigma (Fig. 1:
D), cauliflory (Fig. 1: A, C) and puberulous petioles
(Fig. 1: B). So far, D. brandisiana is the only species of
Ebenaceae in China with cauliflory (Fig. 1: A). Sutee
Duangjai et al. used six regions plastid DNA sequences
data (2006) and eight regions plastid DNA sequences
data (2009) to infer the phylogeny of Diospyros, and
investigated that D. brandisiana and D. curranii are
sister relationship species[7–8].
Acknowledgements　　We would like to thank Mr. MO Ming-
zhong of Honghe Hani and Yi Nationalities Prefecture Forestry
Bureaus, Mr. MAO Long-hua, Mr. WANG He-qing, Mr.
ZHAO Zhi-hua, Mr. YAO Wen-qing, Mr. LI Bing and the other
colleagues of the Jinping Management Bureaus, Fenshuiling
National Nature Reserve, the members of Yuanyang Forestry
Bureau, and Dr. HE Wen-jun, Mr. LI Guo-feng of Kunning
Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, for their
help in field surveys, and Mr. ZHANG Yu, Ms. CHEN Ya-ping
and Dr. HU Guo-xiong of Kunning Institute of Botany, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, for providing informations about this
paper.
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