Alseodaphne

Alseodaphne is a genus of plants in the family Lauraceae,[2] found in Indo-malaya. 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]

Alseodaphne
Alseodaphne hokouensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Alseodaphne
Nees, 1831
Type species
Alseodaphne semecarpifolia
Nees, 1831
Species

See text

Synonyms

Stemmatodaphne Gamble[1]

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

Chemistry

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

References
  1. Alseodaphne Nees. Plants of the World Online. Accessed 10 April 2023.
  2. Alseodaphne — The Plant List
  3. Julia, S.; Soepadmo, E.; Yahud, W. (2009). "Problem in the generic delimitation between Alseodaphne, Dehaasia and Nothaphoebe (Lauraceae) in Borneo". Blumea. 54: 192–197. doi:10.3767/000651909x476148.
  4. Alseodaphne. Flora of China.
  5. 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. doi:10.1021/np50082a027


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