Daphnandra

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Magnoliids
Ordo: Laurales

Familia: Atherospermataceae
Genus: Daphnandra
Species: D. apatela – D. dielsii – D. johnsonii – D. melasmena – D. micrantha – D. repandula – D. tenuipes
Name

Daphnandra Benth. Fl. Austral. 5: 285. (1870)

Type species: Daphnandra micrantha (Tul.) Benth. Fl. Austral. 5: 285. (1870)

References

Bentham, G. 1870. Flora Australiensis 5: 285.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Daphnandra. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 04. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Daphnandra. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 04 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Daphnandra in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 04.
Tropicos.org 2019. Daphnandra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 Apr. 2019.
Daphnandra in: Australian Plant Census (APC) 2016. IBIS database, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Accessed: 2016 Sept. 3.

Vernacular names
English: socketwood, Manning River socketwood

Daphnandra is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Atherospermataceae, or formerly Monimiaceae. The genus is endemic to Australia.

There are six species, occurring in New South Wales and Queensland:[2]

Daphnandra apatela Schodde Socket wood, yellow wood, canary socketwood, satin wood
Daphnandra johnsonii Schodde Illawarra socketwood
Daphnandra melasmena Schodde
Daphnandra micrantha (Tul.) Benth.
Daphnandra repandula (F.Muell.) F.Muell. Sassafras, grey sassafras, northern sassafras, northern yellow sassafras, scentless sassafras, yellow sassafras
Daphnandra tenuipes J.R.Perkins, Red-flowered socketwood, socket sassafras

The generic name Daphnandra refers to a similarity of the anthers of the bay laurel. Greek daphne refers to the bay laurel, and andros from the Greek for man.
References

"Daphnandra". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
"Genus Daphandra". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 26 December 2009.