Thymelaeaceae facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Thymelaeaceae

Daphne striata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Thymelaeaceae Adans.
Genera
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Thymelaeaceae is a family of flowering plants omposed of 50 genera (listed below) and 898 species.

The family is more diverse in the southern hemisphere than in the northern, with its major concentrations of species in Africa and Australia.

The species include mostly trees and shrubs, with a few vines and herbaceous plants.

Images for kids

The striking flowers of Gnidia rubescens.
Gnidia glauca (known formerly as Lasiosiphon glaucus).
Gonystylus bancanus native to Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia: botanical line drawing of detailed anatomy.
Lagetta lagetto the Lacebark : botanical illustration showing plant with samples of cordage and fabric made from its fibre.
The Brazilian Funifera utilis - its genus named for the suitability of its fibre for rope-making. (Under obsolete name Lagetta funifera).
The sweetly-scented and highly ornamental flowers of Daphne bholua, a Nepalese species used also in traditional paper-making.
Inflorescence of the Australian Pimelea spectabilis.
The South African Struthiola myrsinites.
Flowers of an unidentified Passerina species.
Phaleria capitata of Sumatra exhibiting cauliflory.
Stellera chamaejasme of Central and East Asia.
The Brazilian Daphnopsis racemosa in flower.
Fruits of Daphnopsis racemosa.
Flowers of Dirca palustris of the U.S.A..
Edgeworthia chrysantha, native to China.
Flowers of the Hawaiian Wikstroemia phillyreifolia.