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Daphniphyllum
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<p><i>Daphniphyllum</i> is the sole <a href="/facts/Genus/m8EFjSms">genus</a> in the <a href="/facts/Flowering_plant/E5eGYIvY">flowering plant</a> family Daphniphyllaceae and was described as a genus in 1826. The genus includes evergreen shrubs and trees mainly native to east and southeast <a href="/facts/Asia/4IToYrrQ">Asia</a>, but also found in the <a href="/facts/Indian_Subcontinent/0XUWGXpx">Indian Subcontinent</a> and <a href="/facts/New_Guinea/qB0bzfSH">New Guinea</a>. </p><p>All species in the family are <a href="/facts/Dioecious/jwMHLkuM">dioecious</a>, that is male and female flowers are borne on different plants. In older classifications the genus was treated in the family <a href="/facts/Euphorbiaceae/Go2K3M2l">Euphorbiaceae</a>. </p><p><i>Daphniphyllum</i> species are eaten by the <a href="/facts/Larva/GKo2FIew">larvae</a> of some <a href="/facts/Lepidoptera/yPFPsQmL">Lepidoptera</a> species including the <a href="/facts/Engrailed_(moth)/MoMejQ8W">engrailed</a> (<i>Ectropis</i> sp.). </p> Accepted species<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> <ol><li><i>Daphniphyllum atrobadium</i> - <a href="/facts/Hainan/wUWoHo1V">Hainan</a></li> <li><i>Daphniphyllum beddomei</i> - <a href="/facts/Cambodia/t1wJd6GU">Cambodia</a>, <a href="/facts/Myanmar/zcqQH2oE">Myanmar</a>, <a href="/facts/Thailand/GCUnN4JK">Thailand</a>, <a href="/facts/Vietnam/0ulfA8Eq">Vietnam</a></li> <li><i>Daphniphyllum borneense</i> - <a href="/facts/Borneo/1aIGfyvV">Borneo</a></li> <li><i>Daphniphyllum buchananiifolium</i> - <a href="/facts/Philippines/ARpmxXQV">Philippines</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Daphniphyllum_calycinum/pxW3hqQr">Daphniphyllum calycinum</a></i> - S China, Vietnam</li> <li><i>Daphniphyllum celebense</i> - <a href="/facts/Sulawesi/BKg2WNej">Sulawesi</a></li> <li><i>Daphniphyllum ceramense</i> - <a href="/facts/Maluku_(province)/4mNnfnmX">Maluku</a></li> <li><i>Daphniphyllum chartaceum</i> - <a href="/facts/Himalayas/eRSf0yyE">Himalayas</a>, <a href="/facts/Myanmar/zcqQH2oE">Myanmar</a></li> <li><i>Daphniphyllum dichotomum</i> - <a href="/facts/Sabah/bfYrmM2J">Sabah</a>, <a href="/facts/Sarawak/jLxI3WQo">Sarawak</a></li> <li><i>Daphniphyllum glaucescens</i> - <a href="/facts/Peninsular_Malaysia/88WtYx31">Peninsular Malaysia</a>, <a href="/facts/Java/2MNA2rLm">Java</a>, <a href="/facts/Sulawesi/BKg2WNej">Sulawesi</a>, <a href="/facts/Lesser_Sunda_Islands/vDuK1jHb">Lesser Sunda Is</a></li> <li><i>Daphniphyllum gracile</i> - <a href="/facts/Sulawesi/BKg2WNej">Sulawesi</a>, <a href="/facts/New_Guinea/qB0bzfSH">New Guinea</a>, <a href="/facts/Bismarck_Archipelago/DaIy0GML">Bismarck</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Daphniphyllum_griffithianum/PecMJqmL">Daphniphyllum griffithianum</a></i> - <a href="/facts/Peninsular_Malaysia/88WtYx31">Peninsular Malaysia</a>, <a href="/facts/Borneo/1aIGfyvV">Borneo</a>, <a href="/facts/Sumatra/Fo192kJb">Sumatra</a></li> <li><i>Daphniphyllum himalense</i> - <a href="/facts/Himalayas/eRSf0yyE">Himalayas</a>, <a href="/facts/Tibet/NQChzGo9">Tibet</a>, <a href="/facts/Yunnan/Q924cyfE">Yunnan</a></li> <li><i>Daphniphyllum luzonense</i> - <a href="/facts/Philippines/ARpmxXQV">Philippines</a>, <a href="/facts/Orchid_Island/p0NGqPQr">Lan Yü</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Daphniphyllum_macropodum/9L4mCtVC">Daphniphyllum macropodum</a></i> - <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a>, S <a href="/facts/China/lTjIXY5p">China</a>, <a href="/facts/Korea/cj2kDBzc">Korea</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Daphniphyllum_majus/0T78WpPI">Daphniphyllum majus</a></i> - <a href="/facts/Yunnan/Q924cyfE">Yunnan</a>, <a href="/facts/Indochina/5pknI7yy">Indochina</a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Daphniphyllum_neilgherrense/4juEm7f6">Daphniphyllum neilgherrense</a></i> - S India, <a href="/facts/Sri_Lanka/VtTBmysE">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><i>Daphniphyllum papuanum</i> - New Guinea</li> <li><i>Daphniphyllum parvifolium</i> - <a href="/facts/Luzon/dJNpzhEM">Luzon</a></li> <li><i>Daphniphyllum paxianum</i> - <a href="/facts/Sichuan/e65P53aD">Sichuan</a>, <a href="/facts/Yunnan/Q924cyfE">Yunnan</a>, <a href="/facts/Guanxi/8ygxA4TC">Guanxi</a>, <a href="/facts/Laos/S0afugjX">Laos</a></li> <li><i>Daphniphyllum pentandrum</i> - S China, Indochina</li> <li><i>Daphniphyllum scortechinii</i> - <a href="/facts/Perak/rXGTUWwq">Perak</a></li> <li><i>Daphniphyllum subverticillatum</i> - <a href="/facts/Guangdong/wvjsjdb1">Guangdong</a></li> <li><i>Daphniphyllum sumatraense</i> - <a href="/facts/Sumatra/Fo192kJb">Sumatra</a></li> <li><i>Daphniphyllum teijsmannii</i> - <a href="/facts/Japan/U5mz0SRT">Japan</a>, <a href="/facts/Jeju_Province/MTjgpExX">Jeju-do</a>, <a href="/facts/Nansei-shoto/94rjkv8f">Nansei-shoto</a></li> <li><i>Daphniphyllum timorianum</i> - <a href="/facts/Timor/H4dozDNo">Timor</a></li> <li><i>Daphniphyllum woodsonianum</i> - <a href="/facts/Sumatra/Fo192kJb">Sumatra</a></li> <li><i>Daphniphyllum yunnanense</i> - <a href="/facts/Yunnan/Q924cyfE">Yunnan</a></li></ol> Synonyms <ul><li><i>Daphniphyllum humile</i> <a href="/facts/Maxim./tsWEnNgK">Maxim.</a> ex <a href="/facts/Franch./YSEyX6Az">Franch.</a> & <a href="/facts/Sav./3RJysrQH">Sav.</a> (<i><a href="/facts/Daphniphyllum_macropodum/9L4mCtVC">Daphniphyllum macropodum</a></i>)</li></ul>