''Caryodaphnopsis'' is a genus of 16 species belonging to the

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, distributed in tropical areas in southern North America, northern South America, and East and Southeast Asia. They vary from 50-m-high trees to small trees or shrubs in lowland evergreen forest and

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. The genus is distributed across the Pacific, with a marked geographical disjunction between Southeast Asia (South

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) and tropical America (

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Taxonomic history

Until 1985, the genus was only reported for tropical Asia, but van der Werff and Richter transferred two South American species of the genus ''Persea'' to ''Caryodaphnopsis''.

Species

Species include: * ''

Caryodaphnopsis baviensis ''Caryodaphnopsis'' is a genus of 16 species belonging to the flowering plant family Lauraceae, distributed in tropical areas in southern North America, northern South America, and East and Southeast Asia. They vary from 50-m-high trees to small ...

'' ( Lecomte)

Airy Shaw Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw (7 April 1902 – 1985) was a notable English botanist and classicist. Airy Shaw was born at The Mount, Grange Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk to a father serving as Second Master at the Woodbridge Grammar School and a mother ...

* '' Caryodaphnopsis bilocellata''

van der Werff Van der Werff, Van der Werf and Van de Werf are Dutch toponymic surnames, originally meaning "of the (ship)yard" or "of the wharf". Notable people with the surname include: Van der Werff *Adriaen van der Werff (1659–1722), Dutch painter * Aucke ...

Dao Dao, Dão or DAO may refer to: * Tao (Chinese: "The Way" 道), a philosophical concept * Dao (Chinese sword) (刀), a type of Chinese sword * Dao (Naga sword), a weapon and a tool of Naga people People and language * Yao people, a minority ethnic ...

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Caryodaphnopsis burgeri ''Caryodaphnopsis'' is a genus of 16 species belonging to the flowering plant family Lauraceae, distributed in tropical areas in southern North America, northern South America, and East and Southeast Asia. They vary from 50-m-high trees to small ...

'' N.Zamora & Poveda * '' Caryodaphnopsis cogolloi'' van der Werff * ''

Caryodaphnopsis fieldii ''Caryodaphnopsis'' is a genus of 16 species belonging to the flowering plant family Lauraceae, distributed in tropical areas in southern North America, northern South America, and East and Southeast Asia. They vary from 50-m-high trees to small ...

'' & G.A.Romero * ''

Caryodaphnopsis fosteri ''Caryodaphnopsis'' is a genus of 16 species belonging to the flowering plant family Lauraceae, distributed in tropical areas in southern North America, northern South America, and East and Southeast Asia. They vary from 50-m-high trees to small ...

'' van der Werff * ''

Caryodaphnopsis henryi ''Caryodaphnopsis'' is a genus of 16 species belonging to the flowering plant family Lauraceae, distributed in tropical areas in southern North America, northern South America, and East and Southeast Asia. They vary from 50-m-high trees to small ...

'' Airy Shaw * ''

Caryodaphnopsis inaequalis ''Caryodaphnopsis'' is a genus of 16 species belonging to the flowering plant family Lauraceae, distributed in tropical areas in southern North America, northern South America, and East and Southeast Asia. They vary from 50-m-high trees to small ...

'' (

A.C.Sm. Albert Charles Smith (April 5, 1906 – May 23, 1999) was an American botanist who served as director of the National Museum of Natural History and Arnold Arboretum and was the former president of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists. Life ...

) van der Werff & H.G.Richt. * ''

Caryodaphnopsis laotica ''Caryodaphnopsis'' is a genus of 16 species belonging to the flowering plant family Lauraceae, distributed in tropical areas in southern North America, northern South America, and East and Southeast Asia. They vary from 50-m-high trees to small ...

'' Airy Shaw * ''

Caryodaphnopsis latifolia ''Caryodaphnopsis'' is a genus of 16 species belonging to the flowering plant family Lauraceae, distributed in tropical areas in southern North America, northern South America, and East and Southeast Asia. They vary from 50-m-high trees to small ...

'' W.T.Wang * ''

Caryodaphnopsis metallica ''Caryodaphnopsis'' is a genus of 16 species belonging to the flowering plant family Lauraceae, distributed in tropical areas in southern North America, northern South America, and East and Southeast Asia. They vary from 50-m-high trees to small ...

'' Kosterm. * '' Caryodaphnopsis poilanei'' Kosterm. * '' Caryodaphnopsis theobromifolia'' ( A.H.Gentry) van der Werff & H.G. Richt. * '' Caryodaphnopsis tomentosa'' van der Werff * '' Caryodaphnopsis tonkinensis'' (Lecomte) Airy Shaw

References

External links

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5047731 Lauraceae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Lauraceae