Eurya
| Eurya | |
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| Eurya japonica, habitus | |
Scientific 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
[edit]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
[edit]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).
References
[edit]- ↑ Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, retrieved 2014-09-18
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Eurya Thunb". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2026-02-23.
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