''Alseodaphne'' is a genus of
plant
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s in the family
Lauraceae
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[''Alseodaphne'' — The Plant List]
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endemic to China and Southeast Asia
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The genus has 96 species
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of evergreen trees to shrubs. They have bisexual flowers, a fruit stalk that is red, green, or yellow, and black fruit.[''Alseodaphne''.]
Flora of China.
Species
53 species are currently accepted. They are listed here alphabetically with author
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and species range:[
* '' Alseodaphne albifrons'' – Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo
* '' Alseodaphne archboldiana'' – New Guinea
* '' Alseodaphne bancana'' – Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo
* '' Alseodaphne birmanica'' – Myanmar and Thailand
* '' Alseodaphne borneensis'' – Borneo
* '' Alseodaphne dura'' – Peninsular Malaysia
* '' Alseodaphne elmeri'' – Borneo
* '' Alseodaphne elongata'' – Sumatra
* '' Alseodaphne foxiana'' – Peninsular Malaysia
* '' Alseodaphne garciniicarpa'' – Peninsular Malaysia (Perak)
* '' Alseodaphne glauciflora'' – Sumatra and Borneo (West Kalimantan)
* '' Alseodaphne glaucina'' – Vietnam
* '' Alseodaphne gracilis'' – China (southeastern Yunnan)
* '' Alseodaphne griffithii'' – Myanmar
* '' Alseodaphne habrotricha'' – southern India
* '' Alseodaphne himalayana'' – Nepal
* '' Alseodaphne huanglianshanensis'' – China (Southern Yunnan)
* '' Alseodaphne insignis'' – Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo
* '' Alseodaphne intermedia'' – Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra
* '' Alseodaphne khasyana'' – Eastern India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar
* '' Alseodaphne kochummenii'' – Peninsula Malaysia (Pahang)
* '' Alseodaphne longipes'' – Philippines (Samar, Mindanao, Luzon)
* '' Alseodaphne macrantha'' – Peninsular Malaysia
* '' Alseodaphne medogensis'' – southeastern Tibet
* '' Alseodaphne micrantha'' – Peninsula Malaysia (Johor)
* '' Alseodaphne montana'' – Borneo (Sabah)
* '' Alseodaphne nicobarica'' – Nicobar Islands
* '' Alseodaphne nigrescens'' – southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia
* '' Alseodaphne oblanceolata'' – Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo
* '' Alseodaphne obovata'' – Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo
* '' Alseodaphne owdenii'' – Eastern India and Bangladesh
* '' Alseodaphne paludosa'' – Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra
* '' Alseodaphne panduriformis'' – Peninsular Malaysia
* '' Alseodaphne peduncularis'' – Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra
* '' Alseodaphne pendulifolia'' – Peninsular Malaysia
* '' Alseodaphne perakensis'' – Peninsular Malaysia
* '' Alseodaphne philippinensis'' – Philippines (Mindanao: Mt. Apo).
* '' Alseodaphne polyneura'' – Sumatra
* '' Alseodaphne ramosii'' – Philippines (Palawan: Mt. Victoria)
* '' Alseodaphne rhododendropsis'' – Vietnam
* '' Alseodaphne ridleyi'' – Peninsular Malaysia
* '' Alseodaphne rubriflora'' – Myanmar (Myitkyina)
* '' Alseodaphne rubrolignea'' – Peninsula Malaysia (Pahang) and Borneo
* '' Alseodaphne semecarpifolia'' – southern India and Sri Lanka
* '' Alseodaphne siamensis'' – Thailand (Ranawung).
* '' Alseodaphne suboppositifolia'' – Vietnam (Kontum).
* '' Alseodaphne sulcata'' – Borneo (Sabah)
* '' Alseodaphne tomentosa'' – Borneo (Sarawak)
* '' Alseodaphne tonkinensis'' – Vietnam
* '' Alseodaphne utilis'' – Vietnam
* '' Alseodaphne wrayi'' – Thailand and Peninsula Malaysia (Perak)
* '' Alseodaphne yunnanensis'' – China (southeastern Yunnan)
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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''.[Mahmud, Z., Khan, M. N., Lajis, N. H., & Toia, R. F. (1992). Perakensol: A phenanthrenoid isolated from ''Alseodaphne perakensis''. ''Journal of Natural Products'', 55(4), 533-535. ]
References
Lauraceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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