Thymelaeaceae

Thymelaeaceae is a family of flowering plants omposed of 50 genera (listed below) and 898 species.

The family is more diverse in the southern hemisphere than in the northern, with its major concentrations of species in Africa and Australia.

The species include mostly trees and shrubs, with a few vines and herbaceous plants.

Thymelaeaceae Media

The striking flowers of Gnidia rubescens
Gnidia pinifolia in bloom
Gnidia glauca (known formerly as Lasiosiphon glaucus)
Detail of flowers of Gnidia glauca (known formerly as Lasiosiphon glaucus)
Gonystylus bancanus native to Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia: botanical line drawing of detailed anatomy
Lagetta lagetto the "lacebark": botanical illustration showing plant with samples of cordage and fabric made from its fibre
Intricate Jamaican souvenirs woven from "lacebark" fibre
The Brazilian Funifera utilis, its genus named from the suitability of its fibre for rope-making (under the obsolete name Lagetta funifera)
The attractive, but poisonous, fruit of Daphne mezereum
The sweetly-scented and highly ornamental flowers of Daphne bholua, a Nepalese species also used in traditional paper-making