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Genus of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Daphniphyllum is the sole genus in the flowering plant family Daphniphyllaceae and was described as a genus in 1826.[4][5] The genus includes evergreen shrubs and trees mainly native to east and southeast Asia, but also found in the Indian Subcontinent and New Guinea.[3]
| Daphniphyllum | |
|---|---|
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| Daphniphyllum teijsmannii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Daphniphyllaceae Müll.Arg.[1] |
| Genus: | Daphniphyllum Blume[2] |
| Type species | |
| Daphniphyllum glaucescens | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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All species in the family are dioecious, that is male and female flowers are borne on different plants.[2] In older classifications the genus was treated in the family Euphorbiaceae.
Daphniphyllum species are eaten by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the engrailed (Ectropis sp.).
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