Oreodaphne is a genus of flowering plant

Flowering plant

The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...

s belonging to the family Lauraceae

Lauraceae

The Lauraceae or Laurel family comprises a group of flowering plants included in the order Laurales. The family contains about 55 genera and over 3500, perhaps as many as 4000, species world-wide, mostly from warm or tropical regions, especially Southeast Asia and South America...

. The genus includes five species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 of evergreen

Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant that has leaves in all seasons. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage during the winter or dry season.There are many different kinds of evergreen plants, both trees and shrubs...

 trees, distributed mostly in tropical and subtropical regions of South America, Mauritius, California, Sudafrica and Macaronesian archipelagos. Oreodaphne is related with Ocotea

Ocotea

Ocotea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lauraceae. The genus includes over 200 species of evergreen trees and shrubs, distributed mostly in tropical and subtropical regions of Central and South America, the West Indies, also with a few species in Africa and Madagascar, and...

 where the species was included. Oreodaphne foetens (Til or Tilo), (was set also in Ocotea

Ocotea

Ocotea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lauraceae. The genus includes over 200 species of evergreen trees and shrubs, distributed mostly in tropical and subtropical regions of Central and South America, the West Indies, also with a few species in Africa and Madagascar, and...

) native to the islands of Macaronesia

Macaronesia

Macaronesia is a modern collective name for several groups of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean near Europe and North Africa belonging to three countries: Portugal, Spain, and Cape Verde...

.

Oreodaphne trees sometimes are called Mountain laurels. The fruit are succulent, partly immersed in a deep thick cup formed of the tube of the calyx. Oreodaphne opifera is native of the Amazon. Oreodaphne copularis is a very large tree of Mauritius and Madagascar.Oreodaphne bullata, of disagreeable odor found at the cape of Good Hope.

Umbellularia californica is a large tree

Tree

A tree is a perennial woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical dominance. A minimum height specification at maturity is cited by some authors, varying from 3 m to...

 native to coastal forests of California

California native plants

California native plants are plants that existed in California prior to the arrival of European explorers and colonists in the late 18th century...

 and slightly extended into Oregon

Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

. It was set formerly in Ocotea

Ocotea

Ocotea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lauraceae. The genus includes over 200 species of evergreen trees and shrubs, distributed mostly in tropical and subtropical regions of Central and South America, the West Indies, also with a few species in Africa and Madagascar, and...

 and Oreodaphne.

Species

Some species previously classified in Oreodaphne genus, have been reclassified in other genus. Here species that appear classified once next with other denominations.

Oreodaphne Leucoxylon.

Oreodaphne opifera.

Oreodaphne copularis.

Oreodaphne bullata.

Oreodaphne californica (Umbellularia californica).

Oreodaphne foetens, (Ocotea foetens

Ocotea foetens

Ocotea foetens is a species of tree up to 40 m tall in the Lauraceae family. It is a common constituent in the laurisilva forests of the archipelagoes of Macaronesia: Madeira and Azores , and Canaries . It is commonly called "Til", "Tilo", "Stinkwood", Garoé, Oreodaphne foetens or Rain tree of...

).

Oreodaphne diospyrifolia var. incompta (Ocotea pauciflora).

Oreodaphne florulenta (Ocotea neesiana).

Oreodaphne obtusifolia, (Ocotea obtusifolia).

Oreodaphne costulata (Ocotea aciphylla

Ocotea aciphylla

Ocotea aciphylla is a species of plant in the Lauraceae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Peru, Saint Lucia, Suriname, and Venezuela.-References:* Pedralli, G. 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....

).

Oreodaphne caudata (Ocotea cernua).

Oreodaphne cernua (Ocotea cernua).

Oreodaphne martiniana, (Ocotea puberula

Ocotea puberula

Ocotea puberula is a species of plant in the Lauraceae family. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico, Peru, and Suriname.-References:* Pedralli, G. 1998. . Downloaded on 22 August 2007....

).

Oreodaphne martiniana var. latifolia, (Ocotea puberula).

Oreodaphne warmingii, (Ocotea puberula).

Oreodaphne acutifolia var.latifolia, (Ocotea puberula).

Oreodaphne hostmanniana, (Ocotea puberula).