Eurya is a genus of flowering plants in the family Pentaphylacaceae.
Fossil record
Several fossil seeds of Eurya stigmosa have been described from Middle Miocene strata of the Fasterholt area near Silkeborg in central Jutland, Denmark.Angiosperm Fruits and Seeds from the Middle Miocene of Jutland (Denmark) by Else Marie Friis, The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters 24:3, 1985 E. stigmosa is also known from Pliocene Portugal. Eurya macrofossils have also been described from late Zanclean strata of the Pliocene in Pocapaglia, Italy.Messian to Zanclean vegetation and climate of Northern and Central Italy by Adele Bertini & Edoardo Martinetto, Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana, 47 (2), 2008, 105-121. Modena, 11 lugio 2008. Seed fossils of Eurya stigmosa were also reported from the Early Pleistocene (Calabrian stage) of Madeira Island (Atlantic Ocean, Portugal)
Species The genus contains 163 species. Eurya emarginata Eurya japonica Thunb. Eurya rapensis F.Brown Eurya rengechiensis Yamamoto (Taiwan) Eurya sandwicensis A.Gray - Ānini (Hawaii)
The leaves of Eurya are eaten by caterpillars of some Lepidoptera, such as the engrailed (Ectropis crepuscularia).
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