Eurya
Eurya is a genus of about 70 species 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. E. stigmosa is also known from Pliocene Portugal. Eurya macrofossils have also been described from late Zanclean strata of the Pliocene in Pocapaglia, Italy. Seed fossils of Eurya stigmosa were also reported from the Early Pleistocene of Madeira IslandSpecies
Eurya emarginataEurya japonica Thunb.Eurya rapensis F.BrownEurya rengechiensis Yamamoto Eurya sandwicensis A.Gray - ĀniniThe leaves of Eurya are eaten by caterpillars of some Lepidoptera, such as the engrailed.