Eucryphia | |
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Eucryphia cordifolia, South America | |
Eucryphia lucida, Tasmania, Australia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Oxalidales |
Family: | Cunoniaceae |
Genus: | Eucryphia Cav. |
Type species | |
Eucryphia cordifolia Cav.[1] (1798)
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Eucryphia is a small genus of trees and large shrubs native to the south temperate regions of South America and coastal eastern Australia, mainly Tasmania. Sometimes placed in a family of their own, the Eucryphiaceae, more recent classifications place them in the Cunoniaceae. There are seven species,[2] two in South America and five in Australia, and several named hybrids.