Alseodaphne Explained

Alseodaphne is a genus of plants in the family Lauraceae,^[1] endemic to China and Southeast Asia.The genus has 96 species of evergreen trees to shrubs.^[2] They have bisexual flowers, a fruit stalk that is red, green, or yellow, and black fruit.^[3]

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 – 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)

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.^[4]

Notes and References

1. http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Lauraceae/Alseodaphne/ Alseodaphne — The Plant List
2. S.. Julia. E.. Soepadmo. W.. Yahud. 2009. Problem in the generic delimitation between Alseodaphne, Dehaasia and Nothaphoebe (Lauraceae) in Borneo. Blumea. 54. 192–197. 10.3767/000651909x476148.
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=101195 Alseodaphne.
4. 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.