Eurya
| Eurya | |
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| Eurya japonica, habitus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Pentaphylacaceae |
| Genus: | Eurya |
| Species | |
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Eurya is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants in the family Pentaphylacaceae.[1]
Fossil record
Eurya macrofossils have been recovered from the late Zanclean stage of Pliocene sites in Pocapaglia, Italy.[2]
Species
- Eurya emarginata
- Eurya japonica Thunb.
- Eurya rapensis F.Brown
- Eurya rengechiensis Yamamoto (Taiwan)
- Eurya sandwicensis A.Gray - Ānini (Hawaiʻi)
The leaves of Eurya are eaten by caterpillars of some Lepidoptera, such as The Engrailed (Ectropis crepuscularia).
References
- ↑ Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, retrieved 2014-09-18
- ↑ Messian to Zanclean vegetation and climate of Northern and Central Italy by Adele Bertini & Edoardo Martinetto, Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana, 47 (2), 2008, 105-121. Modena, 11 lugio 2008.
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