Family · Rosids
Thymelaeaceae
Daphne, paper mulberry
Shrubs and trees with tough fibrous bark and tubular flowers; includes daphnes and agarwood-producing Aquilaria.
- Accepted species
- 970accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 52accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈30 MaPaleogene · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Africamost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Daphne
- Aquilaria
- Edgeworthia
Genera
Pimelea148 spp.
Daphne106 spp.
Wikstroemia95 spp.
Gnidia78 spp.
Lasiosiphon76 spp.
Daphnopsis72 spp.
Lachnaea40 spp.
Thymelaea34 spp.
Gonystylus32 spp.
Struthiola32 spp.
Phaleria25 spp.
Aquilaria21 spp.
Passerina21 spp.
Dicranolepis20 spp.
Diarthron16 spp.
Peddiea16 spp.
Lethedon15 spp.
Kelleria11 spp.
Craterosiphon10 spp.
Schoenobiblus10 spp.
Gyrinops9 spp.
Stephanodaphne9 spp.
Octolepis7 spp.
Tepuianthus6 spp.
Edgeworthia5 spp.
Synaptolepis5 spp.
Dirca4 spp.
Funifera4 spp.
Linostoma4 spp.
Lophostoma4 spp.
Englerodaphne3 spp.
Enkleia3 spp.
Lagetta3 spp.
Linodendron3 spp.
Dais2 spp.
Daphnimorpha2 spp.
Eriosolena2 spp.
Lasiadenia2 spp.
Ovidia2 spp.
Aetoxylon1 spp.
Amyxa1 spp.
Arnhemia1 spp.
Atemnosiphon1 spp.
Deltaria1 spp.
Drapetes1 spp.
Goodallia1 spp.
Jedda1 spp.
Restella1 spp.
Rhamnoneuron1 spp.
Solmsia1 spp.
Stellera1 spp.
Synandrodaphne1 spp.
Where it grows
- Africa339
- Asia-Temperate175
- Australasia167
- Asia-Tropical130
- Southern America97
- Europe52
- Pacific46
- Northern America20
- Antarctic1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Thymelaeaceae sits in the order Malvales.