Daphnandra

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Daphnadra apatela Martinsville.JPG

|image_caption = Daphnadra apatela at its southern limit of distribution, on an alluvial plain at private property, Martinsville, Australia

|taxon = Daphnandra

|authority = Benth.{{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Daphnandra|title=Daphnandra |accessdate=2009-12-26 |work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra}}

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Daphnandra is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Atherospermataceae, or formerly Monimiaceae. The genus is endemic to Australia.

There are six species, occurring in New South Wales and Queensland:{{cite web |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Daphnandra |title=Genus Daphandra |accessdate=2009-12-26 |author=|work= PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia}}

• Daphnandra apatela Schodde Socket wood, yellow wood, canary socketwood, satin wood
• Daphnandra johnsonii Schodde Illawarra socketwood
• Daphnandra melasmena Schodde
• Daphnandra micrantha (Tul.) Benth.
• Daphnandra repandula (F.Muell.) F.Muell. Sassafras, grey sassafras, northern sassafras, northern yellow sassafras, scentless sassafras, yellow sassafras (synonym of Atherosperma repandulum)
• Daphnandra tenuipes J.R.Perkins, Red-flowered socketwood, socket sassafras

The generic name Daphnandra refers to a similarity of the anthers of the bay laurel. Greek daphne refers to the bay laurel, and andros 'man'.