| Daphniphyllum | |
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| Daphniphyllum teijsmannii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| 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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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.[6]
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.).
Species
As of January 2026, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:[3]
- Daphniphyllum angustifolium Hutch.
- Daphniphyllum beddomei Craib
- Daphniphyllum borneense Stapf
- Daphniphyllum buchananiifolium Hallier f.
- Daphniphyllum calycinum Benth.
- Daphniphyllum celebense K.Rosenthal
- Daphniphyllum ceramense (T.C.Huang) T.C.Huang
- Daphniphyllum chartaceum K.Rosenthal
- Daphniphyllum dichotomum (T.C.Huang) T.C.Huang
- Daphniphyllum glaucescens Blume
- Daphniphyllum gracile Gage
- Daphniphyllum griffithianum (Wight) Noltie
- Daphniphyllum himalense (Benth.) Müll.Arg.
- Daphniphyllum hongiaoense Yahara & Tagane
- Daphniphyllum × lanyuense (T.C.Huang) M.S.Tang, S.H.Liu & Yuen P.Yang
- Daphniphyllum longeracemosum K.Rosenthal
- Daphniphyllum luzonense Elmer
- Daphniphyllum macropodum Miq.
- Daphniphyllum majus Müll.Arg.
- Daphniphyllum neilgherrense (Wight) K.Rosenthal
- Daphniphyllum papuanum Hallier f.
- Daphniphyllum parvifolium Quisumb. & Merr.
- Daphniphyllum paxianum K.Rosenthal
- Daphniphyllum peltatum Yan Liu & Tao Meng
- Daphniphyllum pentandrum Hayata
- Daphniphyllum scortechinii Hook.f.
- Daphniphyllum subverticillatum Merr.
- Daphniphyllum sumatraense (T.C.Huang) T.C.Huang
- Daphniphyllum teysmannii Kurz ex Teijsm. & Binn.
- Daphniphyllum timorianum (T.C.Huang) T.C.Huang
- Daphniphyllum woodsonianum T.C.Huang
References
- Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. hdl:10654/18083.
- Min, Tianlu & Kubitzki, Klaus, "Daphniphyllaceae", in Wu, Zhengyi; Raven, Peter H. & Hong, Deyuan (eds.), Flora of China (online), eFloras.org, retrieved 2016-12-03
- "Daphniphyllum Blume". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
- Blume, Carl Ludwig von. 1826. Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië 1152-1153 in Latin
- Tropicos, Daphniphyllum Blume
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Bibliography
- Ohwi, J. Flora of Japan, 1984. ISBN 978-0-87474-708-9
- Woody Plants of Japan, Vol. 2, 2000. ISBN 4-635-07004-2
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