Click for help
Download Copy a link to this page Cite this record

Daphne L.

Scientific name record
Names_Plants record source
Is NZ relevant
This is the current name
This record has descriptions
This is foreign

Click to collapse Details Info

Daphne L., Sp. Pl. 356-358 (1753)
Daphne L.
Names_Fungi record source Daphne

Click to collapse Biostatus Info

Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

Click to collapse Nomenclature Info

L.
L.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
1753
356-358
ICN
Daphne L.
genus
Daphne

Click to collapse Classification Info

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Malvales
Thymelaeaceae
Daphne

Click to collapse Vernacular names Info

Click to collapse Descriptions Info

Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Daphne L.

Prostrate to medium-sized, deciduous or evergreen shrubs with very tough fibrous bark. Lvs usually alternate, rarely opposite, entire, often clustered at branch ends; petiole short. Fls usually in small heads or clusters, sometimes subtended by an involucre, ☿, usually fragrant. Calyx petaloid, 4-lobed; tube often swollen at base. Petals 0. Stamens 8, in 2 rows, included or slightly exserted, inserted on calyx tube. Style short or almost 0; stigma capitate. Ovary 1-locular. Fr. a drupe, usually fleshy, rarely coriaceous.

Click to collapse Taxonomic concepts Info

Daphne L.
Daphne L.
Connor, H.E. (1977)
Daphne L.
Thymelaeaceae
Daphne L.
Daphne L.
Connor, H.E.; Fountain, J. (2009)
Daphne L.
Thymelaeaceae
Daphne L.
Daphne
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Daphne L.
Thymelaeaceae
Daphne L.
Daphne L.
Stewart, J. (1971)
Daphne L.
Daphne L.
Daphne L.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

Click to collapse Metadata Info

ee1a055e-e7c3-4dd5-9b1b-9a774f803ba0
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
27 February 2014
Click to go back to the top of the page
Top