Daphne
Daphne pontica in flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Malvales Family: Thymelaeaceae Genus: Daphne
Species
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Daphne is a genus of between 50-95 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs in the plant family Thymelaeaceae, native to Asia, Europe, and north Africa. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Magnoliopsida is the Botanical name for a class of Flowering plants By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its Malvales is the name of an order of Flowering plants As circumscribed by APG II -system it includes about 6000 Species within nine Thymelaeaceae is a family of Flowering plants with about 700-750 species in 50 genera In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. Botany Autumn leaf color. See --> In Botany and Horticulture, deciduous Plants, including In Botany, an Evergreen plant is a plant having leaves all year round A shrub or Bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of Woody plant, distinguished from a Tree Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Thymelaeaceae is a family of Flowering plants with about 700-750 species in 50 genera They are noted for their scented flowers and poisonous berries. A flower, also known as a bloom or Blossom, is the reproductive structure found in Flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also In the context of Biology, poisons are substances that can cause damage, Illness, or Death to Organisms usually by The word berry has two meanings one based on a botanical definition the other on common identification The flowers lack petals and have four (rarely five) petaloid sepals, ranging from greenish-yellow to white and bright pink; most of the evergreen species tend to have greenish flowers, while the deciduous species tend to have pink flowers. In many species, flowering is in late winter or very early spring.

Selected species

Daphne acutiloba Daphne alpina Daphne altaica Daphne angustiloba Daphne arbuscula Daphne arisanensis Daphne aurantiaca Daphne axillaris Daphne bholua Daphne blagayana Daphne brevituba Daphne caucasica Daphne championii Daphne cneorum Daphne depauperata Daphne emeiensis Daphne erosiloba Daphne esquirolii Daphne feddei Daphne gemmata Daphne genkwa Daphne giraldii Daphne glomerata

Daphne gnidioides Daphne gnidium Daphne gracilis Daphne grueningiana Daphne holosericea Daphne jasminea Daphne jezoensis Daphne jinyuensis Daphne kamtschatica Daphne kiusiana Daphne kosaninii Daphne laciniata Daphne laureola Daphne leishanensis Daphne limprichtii Daphne longilobata Daphne longituba Daphne macrantha Daphne malyana Daphne mezereum Daphne modesta Daphne mucronata Daphne myrtilloides

Daphne odora Daphne oleoides Daphne papyracea Daphne pedunculata Daphne penicillata Daphne petraea Daphne pontica Daphne pseudomezereum Daphne purpurascens Daphne retusa Daphne rhynchocarpa Daphne rodriguezii Daphne rosmarinifolia Daphne sericea Daphne sophia Daphne striata Daphne sureil Daphne tangutica Daphne tenuiflora Daphne tripartita Daphne xichouensis Daphne yunnanensis

Daphne mezereum in flower

Daphne striata in flower

External links

• Flora of China: draft text of Daphne (site currently down; available at google cache)
• Flora Europaea: Daphne

Daphne genkwa Siebold & Zucc is an Evergreen shrub and one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in Traditional Chinese medicine Daphne laureola, or Spurge-laurel (or Daphne-laurel laurel-leaveddaphne olive-spurge wood laurel copse laurel is a species of Daphne Daphne mezereum is a species of Daphne in the Flowering plant family Thymelaeaceae, native to most of Europe and western Daphne odora ( Winter daphne) is an Evergreen shrub grown for its incredibly fragrant fleshy pale-pink tubular flowers each with 4 spreading lobes and for

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