Eurya
Genus of flowering plants
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Eurya is a genus of flowering plants in the family Pentaphylacaceae.[1]
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| Eurya japonica, habitus | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Pentaphylacaceae |
| Tribe: | Freziereae |
| Genus: | Eurya Thunb. |
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Fossil record
Several fossil seeds of Eurya stigmosa have been described from Middle Miocene strata of the Fasterholt area near Silkeborg in central Jutland, Denmark.[2] E. stigmosa is also known from Pliocene Portugal.[3] Eurya macrofossils have also been described from late Zanclean strata of the Pliocene in Pocapaglia, Italy.[4] Seed fossils of Eurya stigmosa were also reported from the Early Pleistocene (Calabrian stage) of Madeira Island (Atlantic Ocean, Portugal)[5]
Species
The genus contains 163 species.[6]
- 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).
