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{{taxobox
|name = ''Daphne''
|image = Daphne philippi1.jpg
|image_caption = ''[[Daphne pontica]]'' in flower
|regnum = [[Plantae]]
|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
|unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
|unranked_ordo = [[Rosids]]
|ordo = [[Malvales]]
|familia = [[Thymelaeaceae]]
|genus = '''''Daphne'''''
|subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
|subdivision = See text
|}}

'''''Daphne''''' (Greek: Δάφνη, meaning "laurel"), ({{pron-en|ˈdæfniː}})<ref>''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607</ref> is a genus of between 50-95 [[species]] of [[deciduous]] and [[evergreen]] [[shrub]]s in the [[plant]] family [[Thymelaeaceae]], native to [[Asia]], [[Europe]], and north [[Africa]]. They are noted for their scented [[flower]]s and [[poison]]ous [[berry|berries]]. 

==Description==
The flowers lack [[petal]]s and have four (rarely five) [[Petal|petaloid]] [[sepal]]s, ranging from greenish-yellow to white and bright pink; most of the evergreen species tend to have greenish flowers, while the [[deciduous]] species tend to have pink flowers. In many species, flowering is in late winter or very early spring.

==Species==
One species, [[Daphne papyracea]] or the [[Lokta]] plant, is sustainably harvested in [[Nepal]] for paper production.

;Selected species...
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*''[[Daphne acutiloba]]''
*''[[Daphne alpina]]''
*''[[Daphne altaica]]''
*''[[Daphne angustiloba]]''
*''[[Daphne arbuscula]]''
*''[[Daphne arisanensis]]''
*''[[Daphne aurantiaca]]''
*''[[Daphne axillaris]]''
*''[[Daphne bholua]]''
*''[[Daphne blagayana]]''
*''[[Daphne brevituba]]''
*''[[Daphne caucasica]]''
*''[[Daphne championii]]''
*''[[Daphne cneorum]]''
*''[[Daphne depauperata]]''
*''[[Daphne emeiensis]]''
*''[[Daphne erosiloba]]''
*''[[Daphne esquirolii]]''
*''[[Daphne feddei]]''
*''[[Daphne gemmata]]''
*''[[Daphne genkwa]]''
*''[[Daphne giraldii]]''
*''[[Daphne glomerata]]''
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*''[[Daphne gnidioides]]''
*''[[Daphne gnidium]]''
*''[[Daphne gracilis]]''
*''[[Daphne grueningiana]]''
*''[[Daphne holosericea]]''
*''[[Daphne jasminea]]''
*''[[Daphne jezoensis]]''
*''[[Daphne jinyuensis]]''
*''[[Daphne kamtschatica]]''
*''[[Daphne kiusiana]]''
*''[[Daphne kosaninii]]''
*''[[Daphne laciniata]]''
*''[[Daphne laureola]]''
*''[[Daphne leishanensis]]''
*''[[Daphne limprichtii]]''
*''[[Daphne longilobata]]''
*''[[Daphne longituba]]''
*''[[Daphne macrantha]]''
*''[[Daphne malyana]]''
*''[[Daphne mezereum]]''
*''[[Daphne modesta]]''
*''[[Daphne mucronata]]''
*''[[Daphne myrtilloides]]''
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*''[[Daphne odora]]''
*''[[Daphne oleoides]]''
*''[[Daphne papyracea]]''
*''[[Daphne pedunculata]]''
*''[[Daphne penicillata]]''
*''[[Daphne petraea]]''
*''[[Daphne pontica]]''
*''[[Daphne pseudomezereum]]''
*''[[Daphne purpurascens]]''
*''[[Daphne retusa]]''
*''[[Daphne rhynchocarpa]]''
*''[[Daphne rodriguezii]]''
*''[[Daphne rosmarinifolia]]''
*''[[Daphne sericea]]''
*''[[Daphne sophia]]''
*''[[Daphne striata]]''
*''[[Daphne sureil]]''
*''[[Daphne tangutica]]''
*''[[Daphne tenuiflora]]''
*''[[Daphne tripartita]]''
*''[[Daphne xichouensis]]''
*''[[Daphne yunnanensis]]''
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Daphne mezereum0.jpg|''[[Daphne mezereum]]'' in flower
Image:Daphne striata 100604.jpg|''[[Daphne striata]]'' in flower
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons|Daphne (Thymelaeaceae)|Daphne}}
* [http://www.fna.org/china/mss/volume13/Thymelaeaceae-K-Daphne_coauthored_editedNJT.htm Flora of China: draft text of ''Daphne''] (site currently down; available at [http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:oUEQgGqnplwJ:www.fna.org/china/mss/volume13/Thymelaeaceae-K-Daphne_coauthored_editedNJT.htm+&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1 google cache])
* [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Daphne&SPECIES_XREF=&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= Flora Europaea: ''Daphne'']

[[Category:Thymelaeaceae]]
[[Category:Medicinal plants]]
[[Category:Poisonous plants]]

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