| Edgeworthia | |
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| E. chrysantha (synon. E. papyrifera, E. tomentosa) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Thymelaeaceae |
| Subfamily: | Thymelaeoideae |
| Genus: | Edgeworthia Meisn.[1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Edgeworthia gardneri [3] | |
| Species | |
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Edgeworthia (paper bush) is a genus of plants in the family Thymelaeaceae. When the genus was first described, it was published twice in the same year (1841), in two separate publications: Plantarum vascularium genera: secundum ordines naturales digesta eorumque differentiae et affinitates tabulis diagnostacis expositae;[1] and Denkschriften der Regensburgischen Botanischen Gesellschaft.[2] The genus was named in honour of Michael Pakenham Edgeworth, an Irish botanist and official in the Bengal Civil Service, then stationed in India, and for his half-sister, writer Maria Edgeworth.[2]
- ^ a b In: Plantarum vascularium genera: secundum ordines naturales digesta eorumque differentiae et affinitates tabulis diagnostacis expositae. 1: 330. 1841. "Name - !Edgeworthia Meisn". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
- ^ a b c In: Denkschriften der Regensburgischen Botanischen Gesellschaft. Regensburg. iii. (1841) 280. t. 6. "Plant Name Details for Genus Edgeworthia". IPNI. Retrieved June 30, 2011.
- ^ The type species, E. gardneri was taken from its basionym, Daphne gardneri (which was first published in Asiatic Researches 13: 388, pl. 9. 1820.) "Name - Daphne gardneri Wall". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved June 30, 2011.