Daphne longilobata

Daphne longilobata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Genus: Daphne
Species:
D. longilobata
Binomial name
Daphne longilobata
(Lecomte) Turrill
Synonyms[1]

Daphne altaica var. longilobata Lecomte

Daphne longilobata is a shrub, of the family Thymelaeaceae. It is native to China, specifically eastern Tibet, southwestern Sichuan, and northwestern Yunnan.[1][2]

Description

The shrub is evergreen, and grows to 1.5 meters tall. Its slender branches are pale green. It is often found in forests, shrubby slopes, and among rocks at around 1600–3500 meters in altitude.[2]

Taxonomy

Daphne longilobata was first described by Paul Henri Lecomte in 1916 as Daphne altaica var. longilobata. It was raised to a full species by William Bertram Turrill in 1959.[1] In 1959, Josef Halda treated Daphne purpurascens as a subspecies of D. longilobata, but this was not accepted by Plants of the World Online as of October 2025,[3] nor by the Flora of China.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Daphne longilobata (Lecomte) Turrill". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  2. ^ a b "Daphne longilobata". eFloras. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Daphne purpurascens S.C.Huang". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  4. ^ Wang, Yinzheng; Gilbert, Michael G.; Mathew, Brian F. & Brickell, Christopher (1994), "Daphne", in Wu, Zhengyi; Raven, Peter H. & Hong, Deyuan (eds.), Flora of China, Beijing; St. Louis: Science Press; Missouri Botanical Garden, retrieved 2017-11-26. See also articles on species.{{citation}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)