''Phaleria'' is

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genus of about 20-25 species in the family

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Uses

Some species, like the mahkota dewa are known to produce agarwood. Many others have long histories of use in

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like delal a kar (which translates to "the mother of medicines") which is used as a

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Species

* '' Phaleria acuminata'' — Fiji, American Samoa, Tonga, Western Samoa * '' Phaleria angustifolia'' — Fiji * '' Phaleria biflora'' – Qld, Australia endemic * '' Phaleria capitata'' – salagong-gubat (Sri Lanka, Palau, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Philippines, Sulawesi, Moluccas, New Guinea) * '' Phaleria chermsideana'' – Qld, NSW, Australia * '' Phaleria clerodendron'' – scented daphne (Qld, Australia) * '' Phaleria coccinea'' – New Guinea, New Britain, Moluccas, Philippines * ''

Phaleria disperma ''Phaleria disperma'' is an ornamental flowering evergreen plant native to the southwestern Pacific, where it is found in Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, and Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Isl ...

'' – Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Tonga,

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* '' Phaleria elegans'' – New Guinea endemic * '' Phaleria glabra'' — Fiji, Tonga * '' Phaleria ixoroides'' — Fiji * '' Phaleria lanceolata'' — Fiji * ''

Phaleria longituba ''Phaleria'' is flowering plant genus of about 20-25 species in the family Thymelaeaceae. Uses Some species, like the mahkota dewa are known to produce agarwood. Many others have long histories of use in traditional medicine like delal a kar ...

'' — New Guinea * '' Phaleria macrocarpa'' (Syn.: ''P. papuana'') – mahkota dewa (New Guinea, NT, Australia) * ''

Phaleria montana ''Phaleria'' is flowering plant genus of about 20-25 species in the family Thymelaeaceae. Uses Some species, like the mahkota dewa are known to produce agarwood. Many others have long histories of use in traditional medicine like delal a kar ...

'' — Fiji * '' Phaleria nisidai'' — delal a kar (Palau, New Britain, New Guinea) * ''

Phaleria octandra ''Phaleria octandra'' is a flowering plant in the Thymelaeaceae family. It is a shrub found in tropical Australia. It is also naturally found in the New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island cou ...

'' – dwarf phaleria (New Guinea, Moluccas, Lesser Sunda Islands (Timor, Flores, Lombok, Bali, etc.), Java, NT, Qld, Australia) * ''

Phaleria okapensis ''Phaleria'' is flowering plant genus of about 20-25 species in the family Thymelaeaceae. Uses Some species, like the mahkota dewa are known to produce agarwood. Many others have long histories of use in traditional medicine like delal a kar ...

'' — New Guinea (Papau) * ''

Phaleria pentecostalis ''Phaleria'' is flowering plant genus of about 20-25 species in the family Thymelaeaceae. Uses Some species, like the mahkota dewa are known to produce agarwood. Many others have long histories of use in traditional medicine like delal a kar ...

'' — Vanuatu * ''

Phaleria perrottetiana ''Phaleria perrottetiana'' is a plant in the family Thymelaeaceae. Description ''Phaleria perrottetiana'' grows as a shrub or small tree up to tall. The twigs are dark brown. Inflorescences bear 20 or more flowers. The fruits are ovoid, up to ...

'' – New Guinea, Moluccas, Borneo, Philippines * ''

Phaleria pilistyla ''Phaleria'' is flowering plant genus of about 20-25 species in the family Thymelaeaceae. Uses Some species, like the mahkota dewa are known to produce agarwood. Many others have long histories of use in traditional medicine like delal a kar ...

'' — New Guinea (Papua) * ''

Phaleria pubiflora ''Phaleria'' is flowering plant genus of about 20-25 species in the family Thymelaeaceae. Uses Some species, like the mahkota dewa are known to produce agarwood. Many others have long histories of use in traditional medicine like delal a kar ...

'' — Fiji * '' Phaleria pulchra'' — Fiji * '' Phaleria sogerensis'' – New Guinea * '' Phaleria stevensiana'' — Sulawesi

Taxonomy and phylogeny

Phylogenetic analysis shows that ''Phalerias closest related genus is ''

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'', both of which are members of the '' Thymelaeoideae'' subfamily of the ''

'' family which contains 941 species in 48 different genera according to the

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. The next closest related genera is a clade containing '' Gnidia'', ''

Stephanodaphne ''Stephanodaphne'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Thymelaeaceae. Its native range is Comoros, Madagascar. Species: *''Stephanodaphne boivinii'' *''Stephanodaphne cremostachya'' *''Stephanodaphne cuspidata'' *''Stepha ...

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Dirca ''Dirca'' is a genus of three or four species of flowering plants in the family Thymelaeaceae, native to North America. The genus is named after Dirce in Greek mythology. The general common name for this deciduous shrub is leatherwood; other name ...

'', '' Ovidia'', ''

Peddiea ''Peddiea'' is a genus of plant in the family Thymelaeaceae. Species Species include (but this list is incomplete): * ''Peddiea kivuensis ''Peddiea kivuensis'' is a species of plant in the family Thymelaeaceae. It is endemic to the Democratic ...

'', ''

Pimelea ''Pimelea'', commonly known as rice flowers, is a genus of plants belonging to the family Thymelaeaceae. There are about 150 species, including 110 in Australia and thirty six in New Zealand. Description Plants in the genus ''Pimelea'' are he ...

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Struthiola ''Struthiola'' is a genus of plants in the family Thymelaeaceae. In habit they are ericoid shrubs or shrublets. Overview There are forty-odd species, mainly South African, mainly occurring in the Western Cape, about 25 endemic to fynbos. Their ...

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Lachnaea ''Lachnaea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Thymelaeaceae, found in the Cape Floristic Region of southern South Africa. They tend to be small ericoid shrubs. Species Currently accepted species include: *''Lachnaea alpina'' Meisn. ...

'', '' Passerina'', and '' Passerina''.

References

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