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Eurya

Eurya is a genus of flowering plants in the family Pentaphylacaceae.

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Eurya
Eurya japonica, habitus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Pentaphylacaceae
Tribe: Freziereae
Genus: Eurya
Thunb.
Species

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Eurya is a genus of flowering plants in the family Pentaphylacaceae.1

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

The leaves of Eurya are eaten by caterpillars of some Lepidoptera, such as the engrailed (Ectropis crepuscularia).

References

References

  1. Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, retrieved 2014-09-18
  2. Angiosperm Fruits and Seeds from the Middle Miocene of Jutland (Denmark) by Else Marie Friis, The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters 24:3, 1985
  3. Martinetto, Edoardo; Vieira, Manuel (October 2020). "New Pliocene records of plant fossil-taxa from NW Portugal and their relevance for the assessment of diversity loss patterns in the late Cenozoic of Europe". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 281 104286. Bibcode:2020RPaPa.28104286M. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2020.104286. Retrieved 2 November 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
  4. Messian to Zanclean vegetation and climate of Northern and Central Italy by Adele Bertini & Edoardo Martinetto, Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana, 47 (2), 2008, 105-121. Modena, 11 lugio 2008.
  5. Góis-Marques, Carlos A.; Mitchell, Ria L.; de Nascimento, Lea; Fernández-Palacios, José María; Madeira, José; Menezes de Sequeira, Miguel (February 2019). "Eurya stigmosa (Theaceae), a new and extinct record for the Calabrian stage of Madeira Island (Portugal): 40Ar/39Ar dating, palaeoecological and oceanic island palaeobiogeographical implications". Quaternary Science Reviews. 206: 129–140. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.01.008. hdl:10400.13/4182.
  6. "Eurya Thunb". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2026-02-23.