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''Eucryphia'' is a small genus of trees and large shrubs of the Antarctic flora, native to the south temperate regions of South America and coastal eastern Australia. Traditionally placed in a family of their own, the Eucryphiaceae, more recent classifications place them in the Cunoniaceae. There are seven species, two in South America and five in Australia, and several named hybrids. They are mostly evergreen though one species (''E. glutinosa'') is usually deciduous. The leaves are opposite, and either simple or pinnate with 3-13 leaflets. The flowers are produced in late summer or autumn, are showy and sweetly scented, 3-6 cm diameter, with four creamy-white petals, and numerous stamens and styles. The fruit is a woody capsule 1-1.5 cm long containing several seeds, and maturing in 12-15 months. The generic name is derived from the Greek for "well hidden". ==Species== *''Eucryphia cordifolia'' Cav. – Valdivian temperate rain forests of southern Chile and Argentina. A tree growing up to 40 m tall; leaves simple, crenate to serrated, evergreen, 3-7 cm long. Its wood is used for construction, furniture and lumber, and its nectar for honey. *''Eucryphia glutinosa'' (Poepp. & Endl.) Baill. – Valdivian temperate rain forests of southern Chile and Argentina. A large shrub to 7 m tall; leaves pinnate, with 3-5 leaflets, serrated, deciduous or semi-evergreen, 3-6 cm long. *''Eucryphia jinksii'' P.I.Forst. – subtropical New South Wales & Queensland mountain rainforests endemic, Australia. A tree to 25 m tall; leaves simple or with 3 leaflets, entire, evergreen, 5-10 cm long (discovered 1994).〔 *''Eucryphia lucida'' (Labill.) Baill. – Tasmania Australia. A tree to 20-30 m tall; leaves simple, entire, evergreen, 3-7 cm long. Common name is Tasmanian Leatherwood and is a major commercial source of monofloral honey. *''Eucryphia milliganii'' Hook.f. (syn. ''E. lucida'' var. ''milliganii''). – Tasmania Australia. A tree to 6 m tall; leaves simple, entire, evergreen, 1.5-3 cm long. *''Eucryphia moorei'' F.Muell. – New South Wales, Victoria temperate rainforests, Australia. Also known as Pinkwood or Plumwood, is a tree to 30 m tall; leaves pinnate, with 7-15 leaflets, entire, evergreen, 6-12 cm long. *''Eucryphia wilkiei'' B.Hyland – Queensland wet tropics mountain top cloud forests endemic, Australia.〔〔 Discovered in Jan. 1970 by Jack (John H.) Wilkiei.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「eucryphia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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