World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Diospyros elliptica (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) P.S.Green, Kew Bull. 23: 340 (1969), non Knowltom (1902), fossil name.

This name is a synonym.

Homotypic Names:
Accepted Name:	Diospyros foliosa (Rich. ex A.Gray) Bakh., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, s�r. 3, 15: 447 (1941).
Family:	Ebenaceae
* Maba elliptica J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl.: 122 (1776). Ferreola ellipticifolia Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 556 (1812), nom. superfl. Ebenus elliptica (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 408 (1891). Diospyros ellipticifolia Bakh., Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 7: 162 (1933), nom. superfl. Diospyros ellipticifolia var. elliptica (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Fosberg, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 65: 611 (1938 publ. 1939), not validly publ. Diospyros major var. elliptica (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Bakh., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, s�r. 3, 15: 431 (1941). Diospyros foliosa var. elliptica (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Dorr, Kew Bull. 66: 633 (2012). * Basionym/Replaced Synonym
Original Compiler:	R.Govaerts