Daphne (plant)
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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Daphne''
| image = Daphne philippi1.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Daphne pontica'' in flower
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Malvales]]
| familia = [[Thymelaeaceae]]
| genus = '''''Daphne'''''
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
See text
}}
'''''Daphne''''' is a genus of between 50-95 [[species]] of [[deciduous]] and [[evergreen]] [[shrub]]s in the [[plant]] family [[Thymelaeaceae]], native to [[Asia]], [[Europe]], and north [[Africa]]. They are noted for their scented [[flower]]s and [[poison]]ous [[berry|berries]]. 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.
One species, [[Daphne papyracea]] or the [[Lokta]] plant, is sustainably harvested in [[Nepal]] for paper production.
;Selected species
{|
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*''[[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]]''
|}
<gallery>
Image:Daphne mezereum0.jpg|''Daphne mezereum'' in flower
Image:Daphne striata 100604.jpg|''Daphne striata'' in flower
</gallery>
==External links==
*[http://www.fna.org/china/mss/volume13/Thymelaeaceae-K-Daphne_coauthored_editedNJT.htm Flora of China: draft text of ''Daphne''] (site currently down; available at [http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:oUEQgGqnplwJ:www.fna.org/china/mss/volume13/Thymelaeaceae-K-Daphne_coauthored_editedNJT.htm+&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1 google cache])
*[http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Daphne&SPECIES_XREF=&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= Flora Europaea: ''Daphne'']
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[[Category:Thymelaeaceae]]
[[Category:Medicinal plants]]
[[Category:Poisonous plants]]
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