''Daphnandra'' is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family

Atherospermataceae The Atherospermataceae, commonly known as the southern sassafrases, are a family (biology), family of broadleaf evergreen trees and shrubs. The family includes 14 species in seven genus, genera. The atherosperms are today mostly distributed in th ...

, or formerly

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. The genus is endemic to

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. There are six species, occurring in

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and

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: *'' Daphnandra apatela'' Schodde Socket wood, yellow wood, canary socketwood, satin wood *'' Daphnandra johnsonii'' Schodde Illawarra socketwood *'' Daphnandra melasmena'' Schodde *'' Daphnandra micrantha'' ( Tul.)

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*'' Daphnandra repandula'' ( F.Muell.) F.Muell. Sassafras, grey sassafras, northern sassafras, northern yellow sassafras, scentless sassafras, yellow sassafras (synonym of ''Atherosperma repandulum'') *'' Daphnandra tenuipes'' J.R.Perkins, Red-flowered socketwood, socket sassafras The generic name ''Daphnandra'' refers to a similarity of the

anthers The stamen (: stamina or stamens) is a part consisting of the male reproductive organs of a flower. Collectively, the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filamen ...

of the

bay laurel ''Laurus nobilis'' is an aromatic evergreen tree or large shrub with green, glabrous (smooth) leaves. It is in the flowering plant family Lauraceae. According to Flora Cretica (Kleinsteuber Books, 2024, ISBN 978-3-9818110-5-6) the stem can be 1 ...

. Greek ''daphne'' refers to the bay laurel, and ''andros'' 'man'.

References

Atherospermataceae Laurales genera Laurales of Australia {{Australia-plant-stub