Ovidia

Sponsor this page

For information about how you could sponsor this page, see How You Can Help

Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Ovidia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/ovidia/). Accessed 2024-09-09.

Family

Thymelaeaceae

Species in genus

Glossary

perianth: Calyx and corolla. Term used especially when petals and sepals are not easily distinguished from each other.
style: Generally an elongated structure arising from the ovary bearing the stigma at its tip.

References

There are no active references in this article.

Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Ovidia' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/ovidia/). Accessed 2024-09-09.

Ovidia pillopillo CGM 336 at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, seen in late November 2020. In early 2022 this plant was moved to a more open position to make way for glasshouse restoration works. Image Tom Christian.

Ovidia is a genus of some four species closely akin to Daphne, both having four-parted flowers with eight stamens and very supple young shoots. Daphne differs from Ovidia in its cylindrical perianth and in its style being very short or even absent. Neither of the species described here has any value as a garden plant.

In naming the genus after the poet Ovid, Meissner had in mind the famous passage in which he describes the metamorphosis of Daphne into a laurel.

Contact the editors at