Taxon: Daphne laureola L.

• the 3 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Daphne laureola subsp. laureola (no accessions)
• Daphne laureola subsp. philippii (no accessions)

Common names:

• spurge-laurel   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• Lorbeer-Seidelbast   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  
• lagertibast   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kingsbury; Cooper & Johnson ed2)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Daphne laureola from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Morocco
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Germany; Hungary; Switzerland
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Greece; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Spain

• naturalized elsewhere

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. [poisonous].
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931–1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc.
• Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. [poisonous].
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Munro, D. B. Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource).
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
• Silva, L. et al. 2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta).
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Daphne laureola.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Daphne laureola.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Daphne laureola.

Synonyms:

• Daphne laureola var. philippii (Gren. & Godr.) Meisn. [≡ Daphne laureola subsp. philippii]
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• Daphne philippii Gren. & Godr. [≡ Daphne laureola subsp. philippii]
  

Check other web resources for Daphne laureola L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Daphne laureola cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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