Daphniphyllum

Daphniphyllum
Daphniphyllum teijsmannii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Saxifragales
Family:	Daphniphyllaceae
Genus:	Daphniphyllum Bl.
Species
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Daphniphyllum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Daphniphyllaceae, including about 25 species, all evergreen shrubs and trees native to east and southeast Asia. In older classifications the genus was treated in the family Euphorbiaceae.

Daphniphyllum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including The Engrailed.

Selected species

• Daphniphyllum beddomei - Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
• Daphniphyllum glaucescens - Indonesia, Malaysia
• Daphniphyllum macropodum - tree up to 10m; Japan, China, Korea
• Daphniphyllum teijsmannii - tree up to 10m; Japan, Taiwan

External links and literature

• Chinese plant web (in Chinese)
• Ohwi, J. Flora of Japan, 1984. ISBN 978-0874747089
• Woody Plants of Japan, Vol. 2, 2000. ISBN 4-635-07004-2