{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |taxon = Mespilodaphne |authority = Nees |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = 9; see text |subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Mespilodaphne'' Nees |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30027557-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=21 May 2025}}</ref> |synonyms = *''Dendrodaphne'' {{small|Beurl.}} *''Sassafridium'' {{small|Meisn.}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo/> }}
'''''Mespilodaphne''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lauraceae. It includes nine species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Mexico through Central and northern South America to northern Brazil and Peru.<ref name = powo/>
==Species== Nine species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> *''Mespilodaphne cymbarum'' {{small|(Kunth) Trofimov}} *''Mespilodaphne fragrantissima'' {{small|(Ducke) Trofimov}} *''Mespilodaphne ligulata'' {{small|(van der Werff) van der Werff}} *''Mespilodaphne macrophylla'' {{small|(Beurl.) Trofimov}} *''Mespilodaphne morae'' {{small|(Gómez-Laur.) Trofimov}} *''Mespilodaphne paradoxa'' {{small|(Mez) Hammel}} *''Mespilodaphne quixos'' {{small|(Lam.) Rohwer}} *''Mespilodaphne staminea'' {{small|(Griseb.) Trofimov}} *''Mespilodaphne veraguensis'' {{small|(Meisn.) Rohwer}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Lauraceae genera Category:Flora of the Neotropical realm Category:Taxa described in 1833 Category:Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck Category:Lauraceae