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

Species

53 species are currently accepted. They are listed here alphabetically with author 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 – Peninsular Malaysia (Pahang)

• Alseodaphne longipes – Philippines (Samar, Mindanao, Luzon)

• Alseodaphne macrantha – Peninsular Malaysia

• Alseodaphne medogensis – southeastern Tibet

• Alseodaphne micrantha – Peninsular 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 – Peninsular 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 Peninsular Malaysia (Perak)

• Alseodaphne yunnanensis – 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.

References