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Species
Mezereon
Genus
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassBranchiopoda
- OrderAnomopoda
- FamilyDaphniidae
Common Name: paper tree
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 657
- With media
- 324
- Family
- Thymelaeaceae
- Collections
- UCMP, MICH, RENO, US, LACM, CAS
- Recorded in
- United States, Nepal, China, Myanmar
Research
2,195 papers- Daphne giraldii Nitsche (Thymelaeaceae): Phytochemistry, pharmacology and medicinal uses.Phytochemistry · 2020
- Daphne genkwa: Ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry and pharmacology of an important traditional Chinese medicine.Fitoterapia · 2024
- Phytochemistry of Daphne oleoides.Natural product research · 2016
- The genus Daphne: A review of its traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology.Fitoterapia · 2020
- Daphne Koller.Nature reviews. Drug discovery · 2019
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Encyclopedic overview
Daphne /ˈdæfni/ (Ancient Greek: δάφνη, romanized: daphne, "laurel") is a genus of between 70 and 95 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs in the family Thymelaeaceae, native to Asia, Europe and north Africa. They are noted for their scented flowers and often brightly coloured berries. Two species are used to make paper. Many species are grown in gardens as ornamental plants; the smaller species are often used in rock gardens. All parts of daphnes are poisonous for humans, especially the berries, though birds eat these freely to disperse the seeds.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Daphne” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.