Mexican persimmon (Diospyros texana)

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Identidad taxonómica

Scientific name: Diospyros texana Scheele
Canonical name: The scientific name without its authorship or date, for example Zea mays instead of Zea mays L.: Diospyros texana
Authorship: The author or authors credited with publishing the scientific name. It is written after the name, sometimes with the year, for example L. (Linnaeus) in Zea mays L. An author in parentheses first published the name in another genus or rank.: Scheele
Common names: Mexican persimmon, Texas persimmon, black persimmon
Names in other languages (6)
Chapote negro, Texaanse persimoen, Thị Texas, chapote, 德州柿, 텍사스감나무
Kingdom: One of the broadest ranks of biological classification. It groups organisms that share very basic features, for example plants (Plantae), animals (Animalia) or fungi (Fungi).: Plantae
Phylum: Rank below kingdom that groups organisms with a shared general body plan, for example chordates (Chordata), arthropods (Arthropoda) or vascular plants (Tracheophyta). In botany the same rank is also called division.: Tracheophyta
Class: Rank below phylum, for example mammals (Mammalia), birds (Aves), insects (Insecta) or monocot plants such as grasses and orchids (Liliopsida).: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rank below class that groups related families, for example grasses and their relatives (Poales) or bats (Chiroptera).: Ericales
Family: Rank below order that groups related genera. Family names usually end in -aceae in botany (for example Poaceae, the grass family) and in -idae in zoology (for example Felidae, the cat family).: Ebenaceae
Genus: Rank that groups closely related species. Its name is the first word of a species' scientific name and starts with a capital letter, for example Zea in Zea mays.: Diospyros
Specific epithet: The second word of a species' scientific name. On its own it does not name the species: it always goes with the genus, for example mays in Zea mays.: texana
Taxonomic rank: The level a name occupies in the hierarchy of biological classification, such as kingdom, family, genus, species or subspecies.: species
Reference species: Diospyros texana
Taxonomic status: Whether the taxonomic catalogue the record comes from currently accepts this name for the organism, or treats it as a synonym of another accepted name or as doubtful.: accepted name

Photos and conservation status

IUCN Red List category: The extinction-risk category that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assigns to a species on its Red List. EX Extinct: there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. EW Extinct in the wild: it survives only in cultivation, in captivity or as a population far outside its past range. CR Critically endangered, EN Endangered and VU Vulnerable: the three threatened categories, from an extremely high to a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT Near threatened: close to qualifying as threatened. LC Least concern: evaluated and not threatened. DD Data deficient: there is not enough information to assess its risk. NE Not evaluated: not yet assessed against the criteria. It describes the risk of the species worldwide, not its situation in a project's area.: Not available.

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Interacciones documentadas

GloBI says it is documented somewhere in the world. Biolitica answers whether it could happen here.

A documented interaction means it was recorded somewhere in the world. It does not mean it occurs here.

Types shown: 7 of 7 is a host of × interacts with (this species is the record's destination) × is eaten by × is adjacent to × interacts with (this species is the record's origin) × has as a host × is visited by ×

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is a host of 23 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it. In the source ontology symbiosis covers mutualism, commensalism and parasitism alike, so this block holds attackers and allies side by side.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
black persimmon Diospyros texana Ebenaceae	is a host of	157	not compared
157 sources · 157 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/297412259 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 12, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/920443 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 12, 2014 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/298652726 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 17, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201522693 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 6, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1795091 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 22, 2015 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/300430324 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 23, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203005557 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 18, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203011799 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 18, 2024 · Human observation And 149 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Phyllosticta biformis Botryosphaeriaceae	is a host of	6	not compared
6 sources · 6 records https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1216602 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Austin · July 12, 1909 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1217651 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Austin · Oct. 23, 1909 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1217652 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: Llano · Aug. 4, 1909 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=3712626 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: no place published · July 12, 1909 · Preserved specimen https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=3712627 Published in globalbioticinteractions/mycoportal Context: no place published · July 12, 1909 · Preserved specimen Anderson, P.J.. 1919. Index to American species of %Phyllosticta%. Mycologia 11:66-79 Published in globalbioticinteractions/usda-fungus-host Context: United States · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Henry's Elfin Callophrys henrici	is a host of	3	no location
3 sources · 5 records Wikipedia Published in globalbioticinteractions/ferrer-paris Record contexts (sample): no place published · no date published; no place published · no date published HOSTS DB Published in globalbioticinteractions/ferrer-paris Context: no place published · no date published EOL Published in globalbioticinteractions/ferrer-paris Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus Lycaenidae	is a host of	3	no location
3 sources · 3 records HOSTS DB Published in globalbioticinteractions/ferrer-paris Context: no place published · no date published BHL Published in globalbioticinteractions/ferrer-paris Context: no place published · no date published Gaden S. Robinson; Phillip R. Ackery; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Luis M. Hernández (2023). HOSTS (from HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants) [Data set resource]. Natural History Museum. https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/hosts/resource/877f387a-36a3-486c-… Published in globalbioticinteractions/HOSTS Context: New World · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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interacts with 14 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
black persimmon Diospyros texana Ebenaceae	interacts with	158	not compared
158 sources · 468 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/297412259 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · July 12, 2025 · Human observation; no place published · July 12, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/920443 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · Oct. 12, 2014 · Human observation; no place published · Oct. 12, 2014 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/298652726 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · July 17, 2025 · Human observation; no place published · July 17, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201522693 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · March 6, 2024 · Human observation; no place published · March 6, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1795091 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · July 22, 2015 · Human observation; no place published · July 22, 2015 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/300430324 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · July 23, 2025 · Human observation; no place published · July 23, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203005557 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · March 18, 2024 · Human observation; no place published · March 18, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203011799 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · March 18, 2024 · Human observation; no place published · March 18, 2024 · Human observation And 150 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Trichodesma pulchella Ptinidae	interacts with	3	no location
3 sources · 3 records Schaeffer, Published in globalbioticinteractions/tamuic-ent Context: United States of America · no date published https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=64391951 Published in globalbioticinteractions/scan Context: Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Between Cemetery and Resaca Loop Trail · Sept. 17, 2021 · Preserved specimen https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=64391952 Published in globalbioticinteractions/scan Context: Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Between Cemetery and Resaca Loop Trail · Sept. 17, 2021 · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Coelodasys errucata Notodontidae	interacts with	3	not compared
3 sources · 3 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138881831 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 15, 2022 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/155259451 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 16, 2023 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/163221199 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · May 22, 2023 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Coptodisca diospyriella Heliozelidae	interacts with	2	not compared
2 sources · 2 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101157696 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Nov. 14, 2021 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101333263 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · April 29, 2021 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is eaten by 6 organisms

This term does declare that the organism harms this species.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Mimidae	is eaten by	1	no location
1 source · 2 records Fischer, D. H. 1981b. Wintering ecology of thrashers in southern Texas. Condor 83:340-346. Published in hurlbertlab/dietdatabase Record contexts (sample): Texas:San Patrico county · Oct. 1, 1977 · Literature; Texas:San Patrico county · Oct. 1, 1977 · Literature A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Monarch Danaus plexippus Nymphalidae	is eaten by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151160643 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 14, 2023 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Agrilus dolli Buprestidae	is eaten by	1	no location
1 source · 1 record @book{123766, author = {Jendek, Eduard and Poláková, Janka}, booktitle = {Host Plants of World Agrilus (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). A Critical Review}, pages = {706}, publisher = {Springer Cham}, year = {2014} } Published in globalbioticinteractions/taxonworks Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus Lycaenidae	is eaten by	1	no location
1 source · 1 record Edward Baker; Ian Kitching; George W Beccaloni; Amoret Whitaker; Steen Dupont; Vincent Smith; John S Noyes (2017). NHM Interactions Bank. https://doi.org/10.5519/0060767. Accessed at <https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/82e807f0-6273-4f19-be0a-7f7558442a25/resource/f84ad9f1-bd0c-4811… Published in globalbioticinteractions/natural-history-museum-london-interactions-bank Context: no place published · no date published A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is adjacent to 5 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented
Anthonomus faber Curculionidae	is adjacent to	52	no location
52 sources · 52 records https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=49172662 Published in globalbioticinteractions/scan Context: Inks Lake State Park · 0006-05-01T00:00:00Z · Preserved specimen https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=49172664 Published in globalbioticinteractions/scan Context: Inks Lake State Park · 0006-05-01T00:00:00Z · Preserved specimen https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=49172682 Published in globalbioticinteractions/scan Context: Inks Lake State Park · 0006-05-01T00:00:00Z · Preserved specimen https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=49172650 Published in globalbioticinteractions/scan Context: Inks Lake State Park · 0006-05-01T00:00:00Z · Preserved specimen https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=49172671 Published in globalbioticinteractions/scan Context: Inks Lake State Park · 0006-05-01T00:00:00Z · Preserved specimen https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=49172660 Published in globalbioticinteractions/scan Context: Inks Lake State Park · 0006-05-01T00:00:00Z · Preserved specimen https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=49172677 Published in globalbioticinteractions/scan Context: Inks Lake State Park · 0006-05-01T00:00:00Z · Preserved specimen https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=49172685 Published in globalbioticinteractions/scan Context: Inks Lake State Park · 0006-05-01T00:00:00Z · Preserved specimen And 44 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Anthonomus faber	is adjacent to	2	no location
2 sources · 2 records https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=49172674 Published in globalbioticinteractions/scan Context: Inks Lake State Park · 0006-05-01T00:00:00Z · Preserved specimen https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=49172640 Published in globalbioticinteractions/scan Context: Inks Lake State Park · 0006-05-01T00:00:00Z · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Tricorynus confusus Ptinidae	is adjacent to	2	no location
2 sources · 2 records https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=64371872 Published in globalbioticinteractions/scan Context: Inks Lake State Park · 0006-05-01T00:00:00Z · Preserved specimen https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=64371873 Published in globalbioticinteractions/scan Context: Inks Lake State Park · 0006-05-01T00:00:00Z · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Spectralia robusta Buprestidae	is adjacent to	1	not compared
1 source · 2 records https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=57418166 Published in globalbioticinteractions/wis-ih-wirc Record contexts (sample): 10 mi. W. Del Rio · June 28, 1965 · Preserved specimen; 10 mi. W. Del Rio · June 28, 1965 · Preserved specimen A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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interacts with 2 organisms

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
black persimmon Diospyros texana Ebenaceae	interacts with	158	not compared
158 sources · 468 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/297412259 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · July 12, 2025 · Human observation; no place published · July 12, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/920443 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · Oct. 12, 2014 · Human observation; no place published · Oct. 12, 2014 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/298652726 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · July 17, 2025 · Human observation; no place published · July 17, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201522693 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · March 6, 2024 · Human observation; no place published · March 6, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1795091 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · July 22, 2015 · Human observation; no place published · July 22, 2015 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/300430324 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · July 23, 2025 · Human observation; no place published · July 23, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203005557 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · March 18, 2024 · Human observation; no place published · March 18, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203011799 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Record contexts (sample): no place published · March 18, 2024 · Human observation; no place published · March 18, 2024 · Human observation And 150 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.
Gall And Rust Mites Eriophyidae Eriophyidae	interacts with	1	not compared	Not a modelling unit: the source publishes it at family level.
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86615268 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 11, 2021 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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has as a host 1 organism

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
black persimmon Diospyros texana Ebenaceae	has as a host	157	not compared
157 sources · 157 records https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/297412259 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 12, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/920443 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · Oct. 12, 2014 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/298652726 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 17, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201522693 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 6, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1795091 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 22, 2015 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/300430324 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · July 23, 2025 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203005557 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 18, 2024 · Human observation https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203011799 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 18, 2024 · Human observation And 149 more sources, with fewer records, not listed here. A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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is visited by 1 organism

The authority declares no effect on this species for this term: neither that it harms it nor that it benefits it.

Organism	Reads as	Studies	Where it was documented	Actions
Monarch Danaus plexippus Nymphalidae	is visited by	1	not compared
1 source · 1 record https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151160643 Published in globalbioticinteractions/inaturalist Context: no place published · March 14, 2023 · Human observation A published relationship says these two taxa were documented interacting. It does not say how often, or that it happens in this project's region.

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Interaction data from Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI), GloBI 0.11. Each row keeps the citation its own study published.

Interactions are published at species level: they are not resolved by variety or race.

Each block is headed by the source's own term, read from this species' end — not by a category of ours. Two similar terms are not merged.

«Documented here» means the interaction was observed in this territory. It is not evidence that the species is here, and it does not enter the niche model.

Acompañantes documentados

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Documented uses and recommendations

Uses and recommendations that a source documents for this species beside a crop, each in its own context. They are the source's statements, not traits of the species and not Biolítica's recommendations, and none of them is a relation between two species.

Among the sources you can read, none documents a use or recommendation of this species beside a crop.