Alseodaphne

Alseodaphne is a genus of plants in the family Lauraceae,^[2] endemic to China and Southeast Asia. The genus has 96 species of evergreen trees to shrubs.^[3] They have bisexual flowers, a fruit stalk that is red, green, or yellow, and black fruit.^[4]

Species

53 species are currently accepted. They are listed here alphabetically with author and species range:^[1]

• Alseodaphne albifrons Kosterm. – Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo
• Alseodaphne archboldiana (C.K.Allen) Kosterm. – New Guinea
• Alseodaphne bancana Miq. – Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo
• Alseodaphne birmanica Kosterm. – Myanmar and Thailand
• Alseodaphne borneensis Gamble – Borneo
• Alseodaphne dura Kosterm. – Peninsular Malaysia
• Alseodaphne elmeri Merr. – Borneo
• Alseodaphne elongata (Blume) Kosterm. – Sumatra
• Alseodaphne foxiana (Gamble) Kosterm. – Peninsular Malaysia
• Alseodaphne garciniicarpa Kosterm. – Peninsular Malaysia (Perak)
• Alseodaphne glauciflora Kosterm. – Sumatra and Borneo (West Kalimantan)
• Alseodaphne glaucina (A.Chev. ex H.Liu) Kosterm. – Vietnam
• Alseodaphne gracilis Kosterm. – China (southeastern Yunnan)
• Alseodaphne griffithii Kosterm. – Myanmar
• Alseodaphne habrotricha Kosterm. – southern India
• Alseodaphne himalayana Kosterm. – Nepal
• Alseodaphne huanglianshanensis H.W.Li & Y.M.Shui – China (Southern Yunnan)
• Alseodaphne insignis Gamble – Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo
• Alseodaphne intermedia Kosterm. – Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra
• Alseodaphne khasyana (Meisn.) Kosterm. – Eastern India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar
• Alseodaphne kochummenii Kosterm. – Peninsula Malaysia (Pahang)
• Alseodaphne longipes Kosterm. – Philippines (Samar, Mindanao, Luzon)
• Alseodaphne macrantha Kosterm. – Peninsular Malaysia
• Alseodaphne medogensis H.P.Tsui – southeastern Tibet
• Alseodaphne micrantha Kosterm. – Peninsula Malaysia (Johor)
• Alseodaphne montana Kosterm. – Borneo (Sabah)
• Alseodaphne nicobarica (Chakrab. & Vasudeva Rao) Chakrab. – Nicobar Islands
• Alseodaphne nigrescens (Gamble) Kosterm. – southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia
• Alseodaphne oblanceolata (Merr.) Kosterm. – Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo
• Alseodaphne obovata Kosterm. – Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo
• Alseodaphne owdenii R.Parker – Eastern India and Bangladesh
• Alseodaphne paludosa Gamble – Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra
• Alseodaphne panduriformis Hook.f. – Peninsular Malaysia
• Alseodaphne peduncularis (Nees) Meisn. – Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra
• Alseodaphne pendulifolia Gamble – Peninsular Malaysia
• Alseodaphne perakensis (Gamble) Kosterm. – Peninsular Malaysia
• Alseodaphne philippinensis (Elmer) Kosterm. – Philippines (Mindanao: Mt. Apo).
• Alseodaphne polyneura Miq. – Sumatra
• Alseodaphne ramosii Kosterm. – Philippines (Palawan: Mt. Victoria)
• Alseodaphne rhododendropsis Kosterm. – Vietnam
• Alseodaphne ridleyi Gamble – Peninsular Malaysia
• Alseodaphne rubriflora Kosterm. – Myanmar (Myitkyina)
• Alseodaphne rubrolignea Kosterm. – Peninsula Malaysia (Pahang) and Borneo
• Alseodaphne semecarpifolia Nees – southern India and Sri Lanka
• Alseodaphne siamensis Kosterm. – Thailand (Ranawung).
• Alseodaphne suboppositifolia Kosterm. – Vietnam (Kontum).
• Alseodaphne sulcata Kosterm. – Borneo (Sabah)
• Alseodaphne tomentosa Kosterm. – Borneo (Sarawak)
• Alseodaphne tonkinensis H.Liu – Vietnam
• Alseodaphne utilis Kosterm. – Vietnam
• Alseodaphne wrayi Gamble – Thailand and Peninsula Malaysia (Perak)
• Alseodaphne yunnanensis Kosterm. – China (southeastern Yunnan)

Formerly placed here

• Alseodaphnopsis hainanensis (as Alseodaphne hainanensis)
• Alseodaphnopsis rugosa (as Alseodaphne rugosa)

Chemistry

Perakensol is a phenanthrenoid that can be isolated from A. perakensis.^[5]

References