Daphniphyllum is the sole genus in the flowering plant family Daphniphyllaceae and was described as a genus in 1826.Blume, Carl Ludwig von. 1826. Bijdragen tot de flora van Nederlandsch Indië 1152-1153 in LatinTropicos, Daphniphyllum Blume The genus includes evergreen shrubs and trees mainly native to east and southeast Asia, but also found in the Indian subcontinent and New Guinea.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

All species in the family are dioecious, that is male and female flowers are borne on different plants. In older classifications the genus was treated in the family Euphorbiaceae.

Daphniphyllum species are eaten by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the engrailed (Ectropis sp.).

Species , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:

Daphniphyllum angustifolium Hutch. Daphniphyllum beddomei Craib Daphniphyllum borneense Stapf Daphniphyllum buchananiifolium Hallier f. Daphniphyllum calycinum Benth. Daphniphyllum celebense K.Rosenthal Daphniphyllum ceramense (T.C.Huang) T.C.Huang Daphniphyllum chartaceum K.Rosenthal Daphniphyllum dichotomum (T.C.Huang) T.C.Huang Daphniphyllum glaucescens Blume Daphniphyllum gracile Gage Daphniphyllum griffithianum (Wight) Noltie Daphniphyllum himalense (Benth.) Müll.Arg. Daphniphyllum hongiaoense Yahara & Tagane Daphniphyllum × lanyuense (T.C.Huang) M.S.Tang, S.H.Liu & Yuen P.Yang Daphniphyllum longeracemosum K.Rosenthal Daphniphyllum luzonense Elmer Daphniphyllum macropodum Miq. Daphniphyllum majus Müll.Arg. Daphniphyllum neilgherrense (Wight) K.Rosenthal Daphniphyllum papuanum Hallier f. Daphniphyllum parvifolium Quisumb. & Merr. Daphniphyllum paxianum K.Rosenthal Daphniphyllum peltatum Yan Liu & Tao Meng Daphniphyllum pentandrum Hayata Daphniphyllum scortechinii Hook.f. Daphniphyllum subverticillatum Merr. Daphniphyllum sumatraense (T.C.Huang) T.C.Huang Daphniphyllum teysmannii Kurz ex Teijsm. & Binn. Daphniphyllum timorianum (T.C.Huang) T.C.Huang Daphniphyllum woodsonianum T.C.Huang

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