''Alseodaphne'' is a genus of
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclu ...
s in the family
Lauraceae,
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endemic to China and Southeast Asia
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.
The genus has 96 species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
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 include:[
* ''Alseodaphne albifrons''
* ''Alseodaphne andersonii''
* ''Alseodaphne bancana''
* ''Alseodaphne birmanica''
* ''Alseodaphne borneensis''
* ''Alseodaphne cavaleriei''
* '' Alseodaphne dura''
* ''Alseodaphne elmeri''
* ''Alseodaphne elongata''
* '' Alseodaphne foxiana''
* '' Alseodaphne garciniicarpa''
* ''Alseodaphne glauciflora''
* ''Alseodaphne glaucina''
* ''Alseodaphne gracilis''
* ''Alseodaphne griffithii''
* ''Alseodaphne habrotricha''
* '' Alseodaphne hainanensis''
* ''Alseodaphne himalayana''
* ''Alseodaphne hokouensis''
* ''Alseodaphne huanglianshanensis''
* ''Alseodaphne insignis''
* ''Alseodaphne intermedia''
* ''Alseodaphne keenanii''
* ''Alseodaphne khasyana''
* ''Alseodaphne kochummenii''
* ''Alseodaphne lanuginosa''
* ''Alseodaphne longipes''
* '' Alseodaphne macrantha''
* ''Alseodaphne marlipoensis''
* ''Alseodaphne medogensis''
* '' Alseodaphne micrantha''
* ''Alseodaphne montana''
* ''Alseodaphne nigrescens''
* ''Alseodaphne oblanceolata''
* ''Alseodaphne owdenii''
* '' Alseodaphne paludosa''
* ''Alseodaphne peduncularis''
* ''Alseodaphne pendulifolia''
* ''Alseodaphne perakensis''
* ''Alseodaphne petiolaris''
* ''Alseodaphne philippinensis''
* ''Alseodaphne ramosii''
* ''Alseodaphne rhododendropsis''
* '' Alseodaphne ridleyi''
* ''Alseodaphne rubriflora''
* ''Alseodaphne rubrolignea''
* '' Alseodaphne rugosa''
* '']Alseodaphne semecarpifolia
''Alseodaphne semecarpifolia'' is a species of 18m tall plant in the family Lauraceae. It is a tree endemic to Western Ghats and Sri Lanka. It is threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduct ...
''
* ''Alseodaphne siamensis''
* ''Alseodaphne sichourensis''
* ''Alseodaphne suboppositifolia''
* ''Alseodaphne sulcata''
* ''Alseodaphne tomentosa''
* ''Alseodaphne tonkinensis''
* ''Alseodaphne utilis''
* ''Alseodaphne wrayi''
* ''Alseodaphne yunnanensis''
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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