| Doryphora | |
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| Doryphora sassafras | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Atherospermataceae |
| Genus: | Doryphora Endl.[1] |
Doryphora is a genus of 2 species of flowering plants in the family Atherospermataceae that are endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus Doryphora are medium-sized to tall trees with glabrous, leathery, sometimes serrated leaves, and flowers usually arranged in groups of 3, each flower with both make and female parts, usually 4 or 6 tepals, 6 stamens and 6 to 12 carpels.
Plants in the genus Doryphora are medium-sized to tall trees with aromatic bark and leaves. The leaves af glabrous, leathery and sometimes deeply serrated. The flowers are bisexual, usually borne in groups of 3 in leaf axils, with large bracts covering the flower, but falling off as the flower matures. Each flower has a bell-shaped hypanthium, usually 4 or 6 tepals, six male stamens, 6 to 12 staminodes, and 6 to 12 carpels. The fruit is oval to cyindrical or urn-shaped, and splits into 2 to 4 equal valves.[2][3]
The genus Doryphora was first formally described in 1837 by Stephan EndlicherinGenera Plantarum Secundum Ordines Naturales Disposita, and the first species he described (the type species) was Doryphora sassafras.[4][5] The name of the genus means "spear-carrier", a reference to the prominent appendages on the anthers.[6]
The following is a list of Doryphora species accepted by Plants of the World Online as at May 2024:[7]
