Beilschmiedia

''Beilschmiedia'' is a genus of trees and shrubs in family Lauraceae. Most of its species grow in tropical climates, but a few of them are native to temperate regions, and they are widespread in tropical Asia, Africa, Madagascar, Australia, New Zealand, North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. The best-known species to gardeners in temperate areas are '' B. berteroana'' and '' B. miersii'' because of their frost tolerance. Seeds of ''B. bancroftii'' were used as a source of food by Australian Aborigines. Timbers of some species are very valuable.

Overview

''Beilschmiedia'' is a genus of about 260 to 270 species of trees or shrubs, with about 80 species in tropical Africa and Madagascar. They are commonly canopy trees, growing at elevations from near sea level to 2200 m. The trees grow in well-developed rainforests, and in warm or temperate forests on poorer sedimentary soils. Most species grow in tropical climates, but a few of them are native to temperate regions. They are widespread in tropical Africa, Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. The timber of some species is very valuable.

Ecology

''Beilschmiedia'' falls within the Lauraceae, a family of aromatic evergreen trees or shrubs. Many botanical species are similar in foliage to the Lauraceae due to convergent evolution. Those plants are adapted to high rainfall and humidity. The patterns of speciation in the Lauraceae indicate, since the onset of aridification on the continents 15 million years ago (Mya), rainforest species diversified. One of the products of aridification is the isolation of populations and this likely caused the increase in the rate of speciation as found in the Lauraceae. This genus has species adapted to the laurel forest habitat, so common in the Lauraceae and species adapted to a more Mediterranean-type climate with a dry season with lower rainfall. The morphology of sclerophyllous species is divergent from other humid tropical climate species of the genus. The greatest diversity of species and a greater presence of the genus is given in cloud forest and tropical rainforest in Asia and Southeast Asia. In Madagascar, the genus ''Beilschmiedia'' is particularly important in the island flora, and their species were isolated when the island was separated from the African continent.

The genus ''Beilschmiedia'' is present in a greater climatic distribution area than other genera of Lauraceae, ''Beilschmiedia'' species grow well in moist, well-drained ground, and tolerate a variety of soil types, and attain a maximum in tropical and wetter areas of distribution, but their pattern of speciation results in some cases from the product of aridification of the habitat. Some ''Beilschmiedia'' species are adapted to drier conditions than the typical Lauraceae. Some endangered relict species are living in temperate areas and are distributed in Mediterranean climate, and tropical and subtropical lowland forests and montane rainforest.

Shade-loving ''B. mannii'' grows in riverine and swamp forest, or in evergreen primary and secondary forest. ''B. gaboonensis'', ''B. lebrunii'', and ''B. nitida'' are included in subgenus ''Hufelandia'' of ''Beilschmiedia''. ''B. variabilis'' and ''B. zenkeri'' are included in section ''Acrothecon''.

'' Beilschmiedia gaboonensis'' is a medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall with a bole diameter up to 60 cm. It is distributed from Nigeria to DR Congo and occurs in wet and marshy locations in lowland rainforest. ''B. lebrunii'' is a rare tree up to 15 m tall with a bole diameter up to 30 cm, occurring in DR Congo in forest at 1450–1700 m elevation. ''B. nitida'' is a shrub or small tree up to 8 m tall, distributed in Cameroon and Congo.

''Beilschmiedia variabilis'' is a shrub or small tree up to 10 m tall with a bole diameter up to 25 cm, occurring rather commonly in Congo in the understorey of forest in swampy, periodically inundated or drier locations. ''B. zenkeri'' is a shrub or small tree up to 15 m tall, occurring in Cameroon and Congo in swampy and periodically inundated forest.

The genus ''Beilschmiedia'' responded to favourable climatic periods and expanded across the available habitat, adapting also to more extreme conditions, but depending on favorable soil edaphic conditions. ''Beilschmiedia'' species need an annual oscillation of the temperature moderated by the proximity of the ocean and many species resist bad cold and frost.

A related vegetal community evolved millions of years ago on the supercontinent of Gondwana, and species of this community are now found on several separate areas of the Southern Hemisphere, including South America, Africa, New Zealand, Australia, and New Caledonia. Lauroid-leaved plant communities are found from humid montane tropical to cool temperate Southern Hemisphere climates, and important elements of what is known as the Antarctic flora.

The genus ''Beilschmiedia'' is present in Mexico, Venezuela, and southern Chile and Argentina from the Pacific Ocean to the Andes between 38° and 45° S latitude, where rainfall is abundant, from 1500 to 2500 mm according to locality and distributed throughout the year, but with some subhumid Mediterranean climate influence for three to four months in summer, and where temperatures are mild, with no month falling below 5 °C, and the warmest month below 22 °C.

Laurophyll trees appear in the highlands of New Guinea and New Britain, the Cape York Peninsula and the coastal mountains of Queensland and New South Wales in Australia, as well as New Caledonia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. These laurel forests are home to plants of the Antarctic flora related to those in the Valdivian laurel forests of southern Chile, including species of the laurel family and southern beech (''Nothofagus''). Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, and New Caledonia were parts of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana, and have drifted north over millions of years with the Indo-Australian tectonic plate.

Description

Frequently, their bark is pale to dark brown, smooth or coarse, and they have fine, reddish-brown hairs densely covering the branchlets, and the young leaves are reddish. The dark green leaves are alternate and leathery. Sometimes broad, others small and narrow, the leaves have distinctive depressed veins. The flowers are greenish to cream to yellow-green, and pedicellate of 4–6 mm. The flowers often are clothed in dense reddish-brown hairs. The flowers are hermaphroditic and arranged in inflorescences. The inflorescence is an erect panicle arising from the leaf axil. The stamens are in two whorls; the ovary is in a superior position.

The fruit is variable from one species to other' in some species it is a drupe, large and globose green, 12 cm in diameter with a tip at the apex. In other species, the fruit is an erect, plum-like, dark purple or sometimes elliptical to ovoid drupe, dark purple when ripe, and covered in a waxy bloom. In others, the fruit is a black, round drupe with a glaucous bloom, with a single seed inside. Seed dispersal for many ''Beilschmiedia'' species is by birds that swallow them, so they are shaped to attract the birds. The one-seeded fruits are an important food source for birds, including being a favorite food of the native pigeons in New Zealand.

Species

The type species is '' Beilschmiedia roxburghiana'', which ranges from the Himalayas to southern China, Indo-China and Peninsular Malaysia. Three ''Beilschmiedia'' species are endemic to New Zealand. taraire (''Beilschmiedia tarairi'') is a common canopy tree in the lowland forests of the North Island. The others are the common canopy tree tawa, (''B. tawa''), which has thin, willow-like leaves, and the tawaroa (''B. tawaroa''), which is similar to tawa but has broader leaves. The New Zealand pigeon is the only species which can disperse the large seeds of the taraire, which pass through its gut unharmed.

'' Beilschmiedia miersii'' and '' Beilschmiedia berteroana'' are endangered sclerophyllous trees endemic to central Chile. The northern belloto (''B. miersii'') grows in coastal forest, while the southern belloto (''B. berteroana'') grows in submontane Andean zone of the central Chile's temperate deciduous forest region. Both forest associations are currently represented in the Chilean government's system of wild protected areas.

Accepted species

268 species are currently accepted:

* '' Beilschmiedia aborensis'' – Assam
* '' Beilschmiedia acuta'' – Cameroon
* '' Beilschmiedia acutifolia'' – New Guinea
* '' Beilschmiedia alata'' – Gabon and Democratic Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia alloiophylla'' – Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela
* '' Beilschmiedia ambigua'' – southern Democratic Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia anacardioides'' – Chad, Cameroon, Gabon, and Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia anay'' – central Mexico to Guatemala
* '' Beilschmiedia andamanensis'' – Andaman Islands
* '' Beilschmiedia angustielliptica'' – Mexico (Guerrero)
* '' Beilschmiedia angustifolia'' – Brazil (Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro)
* '' Beilschmiedia appendiculata'' – Hainan
* '' Beilschmiedia argentata'' – Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, and southern Vietnam
* '' Beilschmiedia assamica'' – Assam, Bangladesh, and Myanmar
* '' Beilschmiedia atra'' – Peninsular Malaysia
* '' Beilschmiedia auriculata'' – Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia balansae'' – northern Vietnam
* '' Beilschmiedia bancroftii'' yellow walnut, wanga – northeastern Queensland
* '' Beilschmiedia bangkae'' – Sumatra
* '' Beilschmiedia baotingensis'' – Hainan
* '' Beilschmiedia barensis'' – Cameroon
* '' Beilschmiedia batangensis'' – Cameroon
* '' Beilschmiedia berteroana'' southern belloto – central Chile
* '' Beilschmiedia bhutanica'' – Bhutan
* '' Beilschmiedia bidoupensis'' – Vietnam
* '' Beilschmiedia bolavenensis'' – Laos
* '' Beilschmiedia brachystachys'' – northeastern and eastern Borneo
* '' Beilschmiedia brachythyrsa'' – China (southern Yunnan)
* '' Beilschmiedia bracteata'' – Democratic Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia brandisii'' – Eastern Himalayas, Assam, and Bangladesh
* '' Beilschmiedia brasiliensis'' – Southeastern Colombia, Peru, and Brazilian Amazon
* '' Beilschmiedia brevifolia'' – Hainan
* '' Beilschmiedia brevipaniculata'' – China (Guangxi, Guangdong, and Hainan)
* '' Beilschmiedia brunnea'' – northeastern Queensland
* '' Beilschmiedia calcitranthera'' – Gabon
* '' Beilschmiedia castrisinensis'' – northeastern Queensland
* '' Beilschmiedia caudata'' – Liberia
* '' Beilschmiedia chevalieri'' – Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire
* '' Beilschmiedia cinnamomea'' – Cameroon, Gabon, and Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia clarkei'' – Nepal, eastern Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos
* '' Beilschmiedia collina'' – northeastern Queensland
* '' Beilschmiedia congestiflora'' – Cameroon
* '' Beilschmiedia congolana'' – Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, and Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia corbisieri'' – Cameroon, Gabon, and Democratic Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia costaricensis'' – Costa Rica to northern Venezuela and northern Peru
* '' Beilschmiedia crassa'' – Borneo (Sarawak)
* '' Beilschmiedia crassifolia'' – Cameroon
* '' Beilschmiedia crassipes'' – Cameroon
* '' Beilschmiedia cryptocaryoides'' – Madagascar (Androrona Massif)
* '' Beilschmiedia curviramea'' – Venezuela and northern Guyana
* '' Beilschmiedia cuspidata'' – Cameroon and Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia cylindrica'' – China (southeastern Yunnan)
* '' Beilschmiedia dalzellii'' – western India to the eastern Himalayas and Assam
* '' Beilschmiedia danhkyi'' – Vietnam
* '' Beilschmiedia delicata'' – China (eastern Yunnan to southwestern Guizhou and Guangdong)
* '' Beilschmiedia descoingsii'' – Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia dictyoneura'' – Borneo, Sumatra, and Peninsular Malaysia
* '' Beilschmiedia dielsiana'' – northeastern New Guinea
* '' Beilschmiedia dilmyana'' – Aru Islands
* '' Beilschmiedia dinklagei'' – Cameroon and Gabon
* '' Beilschmiedia diversiflora'' – Cameroon and Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia donisii'' – northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia elata'' – Sierra Leone
* '' Beilschmiedia elegantissima'' – Myanmar and Thailand
* '' Beilschmiedia elliptica'' – southeastern Queensland and northeastern New South Wales
* '' Beilschmiedia emarginata'' – southern and southeastern Brazil
* '' Beilschmiedia erythrophloia'' – Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and Vietnam
* '' Beilschmiedia fasciata'' – China (southeastern Yunnan)
* '' Beilschmiedia fluminensis'' – southeastern Brazil
* '' Beilschmiedia foliosa'' – southern Nigeria
* '' Beilschmiedia fordii'' – southern China and Vietnam
* '' Beilschmiedia frondosa'' – Vietnam
* '' Beilschmiedia fruticosa'' – Cameroon and Gabon
* '' Beilschmiedia fulva'' – Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and Democratic Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia furfuracea'' – China (southwestern Guangxi and Guangdong)
* '' Beilschmiedia gaboonensis'' – southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, and Democratic Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia gallatlyi'' – Myanmar
* '' Beilschmiedia gemmiflora'' – Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, and New Guinea
* '' Beilschmiedia gigantocarpa'' – southern Sulawesi
* '' Beilschmiedia gilbertii'' – Democratic Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia giorgii'' – Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia gitingensis'' – Philippines (Sibuyan).
* '' Beilschmiedia glabra'' – Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia
* '' Beilschmiedia glandulosa'' – China (Hong Kong)
* '' Beilschmiedia glauciphylla'' – Borneo (Sarawak)
* '' Beilschmiedia glomerata'' – Philippines
* '' Beilschmiedia grandibracteata'' – Cameroon and Gabon
* '' Beilschmiedia grandifolia'' – Cameroon, Gabon, and Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia gynotrochioides'' – Borneo (Sarawak)
* '' Beilschmiedia hartonoana'' – Borneo
* '' Beilschmiedia henghsienensis'' – China (Guangxi)
* '' Beilschmiedia hermanii'' – Democratic Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia hexanthera'' – French Guiana
* '' Beilschmiedia hondurensis'' – southern Mexico to Honduras
* '' Beilschmiedia hutchinsoniana'' – southern Nigeria and Cameroon
* '' Beilschmiedia immersinervis'' – Costa Rica
* '' Beilschmiedia insignis'' – Peninsular Malaysia
* '' Beilschmiedia insularum'' – Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and Democratic Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia intermedia'' – China (Guangxi and Hainan) to Vietnam
* '' Beilschmiedia jabassensis'' – Cameroon
* '' Beilschmiedia jacobii'' – India (Kerala)
* '' Beilschmiedia jacques-felixii'' – Cameroon, Gabon, and Central African Republic
* '' Beilschmiedia javanica'' – Java
* '' Beilschmiedia kinabaluensis'' – Borneo (Sabah and Sarawak)
* '' Beilschmiedia klainei'' – Cameroon, Gabon, and Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia kochummenii'' – Peninsular Malaysia
* '' Beilschmiedia kostermansiana''
* '' Beilschmiedia kunstleri'' – Laos, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo
* '' Beilschmiedia kweichowensis'' – southern China
* '' Beilschmiedia kweo'' – eastern Tanzania
* '' Beilschmiedia laevis'' – China (Guangxi), Hainan, and Vietnam
* '' Beilschmiedia lanatella'' – northern Thailand
* '' Beilschmiedia lancifolia'' – Java
* '' Beilschmiedia lancilimba'' – Cameroon and northern Angola
* '' Beilschmiedia laotica'' – Laos and Vietnam
* '' Beilschmiedia latifolia'' – Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and northwestern Venezuela
* '' Beilschmiedia lebrunii'' – Democratic Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia ledermannii'' – northeastern New Guinea
* '' Beilschmiedia letouzeyi'' – Cameroon and Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia linharensis'' – eastern Brazil (Southeastern Bahia and Espírito Santo)
* '' Beilschmiedia linocieroides'' – China (southern Yunnan)
* '' Beilschmiedia longipetiolata'' – Hainan and Vietnam
* '' Beilschmiedia longifolia'' – northeastern New Guinea
* '' Beilschmiedia louisii'' – Cameroon and Democratic Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia lucidula'' – eastern Nepal through eastern India, Bangladesh, Indochina, and Malesia
* '' Beilschmiedia lumutensis'' – Cambodia and Peninsular Malaysia
* '' Beilschmiedia macrocarpa'' – southern Vietnam
* '' Beilschmiedia macrophylla'' – Myanmar
* '' Beilschmiedia macropoda'' – Hainan
* '' Beilschmiedia madagascariensis'' – eastern and southeastern Madagascar
* '' Beilschmiedia madang'' – Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Java
* '' Beilschmiedia maingayi'' – Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo
* '' Beilschmiedia manantlanensis'' – western Mexico (Jalisco and Colima)
* '' Beilschmiedia mannii'' – western and central Africa
* '' Beilschmiedia mannioides'' – Gabon and Democratic Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia mayumbensis'' – Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia membranacea'' – Peninsular Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia
* '' Beilschmiedia membranifolia'' – Cameroon
* '' Beilschmiedia mexicana'' – Mexico and Belize; northern Venezuela
* '' Beilschmiedia michelsonii'' – eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda
* '' Beilschmiedia micrantha'' – Borneo
* '' Beilschmiedia micranthopsis'' – Vietnam
* '' Beilschmiedia microcarpa'' – Borneo
* '' Beilschmiedia microphylla'' – Madagascar (Itremo Massif)
* '' Beilschmiedia miersii'' northern belloto – central Chile
* '' Beilschmiedia minutiflora'' – Cameroon, Gabon, and Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia montanoides'' – Borneo (Sabah)
* '' Beilschmiedia moratii'' – northern and south-central Madagascar
* '' Beilschmiedia morobensis'' – eastern New Guinea and Solomon Islands
* '' Beilschmiedia muricata'' – China (southern Guangxi)
* '' Beilschmiedia murutensis'' – Borneo (Sarawak)
* '' Beilschmiedia myrciifolia'' – southern Nigeria and Cameroon
* '' Beilschmiedia myrmecophila'' – New Guinea
* '' Beilschmiedia ndongensis'' – Cameroon
* '' Beilschmiedia neocaledonica'' – east-central New Caledonia
* '' Beilschmiedia neoletestui'' – Gabon
* '' Beilschmiedia ningmingensis'' – China (Guangxi)
* '' Beilschmiedia nitida'' – Cameroon and Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia novae-britanniae'' – Vietnam, New Guinea, and Bismarck Archipelago
* '' Beilschmiedia novoguineensis'' – northwestern New Guinea
* '' Beilschmiedia obconica'' – Hainan (Dongfang)
* '' Beilschmiedia oblonga'' – Borneo (West Kalimantan)
* '' Beilschmiedia oblongifolia'' – Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia obovatifoliosa'' – Vietnam
* '' Beilschmiedia obscurinervia'' – China (southern Guangxi)
* '' Beilschmiedia obtusifolia'' blush-walnut, hard bolly-gum – eastern Australia
* '' Beilschmiedia oligandra'' – northeastern Queensland (Cook)
* '' Beilschmiedia oligantha'' – Borneo
* '' Beilschmiedia olivacea'' – Democratic Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia opposita'' – central Madagascar
* '' Beilschmiedia oreophila'' – central and southeastern New Caledonia
* '' Beilschmiedia osacola'' – Costa Rica
* '' Beilschmiedia ovalioides'' – Mexico (Oaxaca and Chiapas)
* '' Beilschmiedia ovalis'' – Mexico (Oaxaca and Chiapas)
* '' Beilschmiedia ovoidea'' – China (northern Guangxi)
* '' Beilschmiedia palembanica'' – Peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sumatra
* '' Beilschmiedia papyracea'' – Cameroon
* '' Beilschmiedia pauciflora'' – China (southern Yunnan)
* '' Beilschmiedia paulocordata'' – Gabon
* '' Beilschmiedia pedicellata'' – east-central Madagascar
* '' Beilschmiedia pellegrinii'' – Gabon
* '' Beilschmiedia penangiana'' (syn. '' Beilschmiedia brevipes'' ) – Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Peninsular Malaysia
* '' Beilschmiedia pendula'' – Honduras to Ecuador, Venezuela, and the Caribbean Islands
* '' Beilschmiedia peninsularis'' – northern Queensland
* '' Beilschmiedia percoriacea'' – southern China, Vietnam, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, and Sumatra
* '' Beilschmiedia pergamentacea'' – southern China (Southeastern Yunnan and Guangxi), Vietnam, and Thailand
* '' Beilschmiedia phoebeopsis'' – Borneo
* '' Beilschmiedia pierreana'' – Cameroon and Gabon
* '' Beilschmiedia pilosa'' – Borneo
* '' Beilschmiedia podagrica'' – New Guinea
* '' Beilschmiedia poilanei'' – central Vietnam
* '' Beilschmiedia preussii'' – southwestern Cameroon
* '' Beilschmiedia preussioides'' – Cameroon and Gabon
* '' Beilschmiedia pubescens'' – northeastern New Guinea
* '' Beilschmiedia pullenii'' – New Guinea
* '' Beilschmiedia punctilimba'' – China (southeastern Yunnan)
* '' Beilschmiedia purpurascens'' – China (western and southern Yunnan)
* '' Beilschmiedia recurva'' – northeastern Queensland
* '' Beilschmiedia reticulata'' – Borneo (Sabah)
* '' Beilschmiedia rigida'' – eastern Brazil
* '' Beilschmiedia riparia'' – western and southern Mexico; Honduras and Nicaragua
* '' Beilschmiedia rivularis'' – Sumatra and Borneo
* '' Beilschmiedia robertsonii'' – Myanmar and Vietnam
* '' Beilschmiedia robusta'' – southern China (Yunnan, Guangxi, and southwestern Guizhou) and Vietnam
* '' Beilschmiedia robynsiana'' – Cameroon
* '' Beilschmiedia rosseliana'' – Papua New Guinea ( Louisiade Archipelago)
* '' Beilschmiedia roxburghiana'' (synonym '' Beilschmiedia pahangensis'' type species – Himalayas, eastern India, Tibet, Indochina, and Peninsular Malaysia
* '' Beilschmiedia rufohirtella'' – China (southeastern Yunnan)
* '' Beilschmiedia rufolanata'' – Riau Islands
* '' Beilschmiedia rufoperulata'' – Sumatra
* '' Beilschmiedia rugosa'' – east-central Madagascar
* '' Beilschmiedia rwandensis'' – Burundi and Rwanda
* '' Beilschmiedia sary'' – northeastern and east-central Madagascar
* '' Beilschmiedia schmitzii'' – Democratic Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia scintillans'' – Madagascar
* '' Beilschmiedia scortechinii'' – Peninsular Malaysia (Perak and Terengganu)
* '' Beilschmiedia sericans'' – northeastern and east-central Madagascar
* '' Beilschmiedia sericea'' – northeastern New Guinea
* '' Beilschmiedia sessilifolia'' – Cameroon
* '' Beilschmiedia shangsiensis'' – southern China (Guangxi)
* '' Beilschmiedia sichourensis'' – southern China (southeastern Yunnan)
* '' Beilschmiedia sikkimensis'' – Sikkim
* '' Beilschmiedia staudtii'' – Cameroon and Gabon
* '' Beilschmiedia steyermarkii'' – Mexico (Chiapas) and Guatemala
* '' Beilschmiedia stricta'' – southeastern Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
* '' Beilschmiedia sulcata'' – Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, northwestern Venezuela, and Costa Rica
* '' Beilschmiedia superba'' – Vietnam
* '' Beilschmiedia supraglandulosa'' – southeastern China
* '' Beilschmiedia talbotiae'' – southern Nigeria to Cameroon
* '' Beilschmiedia tarairi'' taraire – New Zealand North Island
* '' Beilschmiedia taubertiana'' – southeastern Brazil
* ''Beilschmiedia tawa'' tawa – New Zealand
* '' Beilschmiedia tawaensis'' – Sumatra and Borneo
* '' Beilschmiedia tawaroa'' tawaroa – New Zealand North Island
* '' Beilschmiedia telupidensis'' – Borneo (Sabah)
* '' Beilschmiedia thollonii'' – Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia tilaranensis'' – Costa Rica and Panama
* '' Beilschmiedia tirunelvelica'' – India (Tamil Nadu)
* '' Beilschmiedia tooram'' – northeastern Queensland
* '' Beilschmiedia tovarensis'' – Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Venezuela, and Trinidad
* '' Beilschmiedia triplinervis'' – northeastern New Guinea
* '' Beilschmiedia troupinii'' – Burundi and Rwanda
* '' Beilschmiedia tsangii'' – southern China, northern Vietnam, Hainan, and Taiwan
* '' Beilschmiedia tungfangensis'' – southwestern Hainan
* '' Beilschmiedia ugandensis'' – South Sudan to Tanzania and Zambia
* '' Beilschmiedia variabilis'' – Democratic Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia velutina'' – northern and eastern Madagascar
* '' Beilschmiedia vermoesenii'' – northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia versicolor'' – Cameroon, Gabon, and Democratic Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia vestita'' – Brazil (Minas Gerais)
* '' Beilschmiedia vidalii'' – northern and Central Vietnam
* '' Beilschmiedia villosa'' – northern and northeastern Thailand
* '' Beilschmiedia vohemarensis'' – Madagascar
* '' Beilschmiedia volckii'' – northeastern Queensland
* '' Beilschmiedia wallichiana'' – Peninsular Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia
* '' Beilschmiedia wangii'' – southern China (Yunnan and Guangxi) and Vietnam
* '' Beilschmiedia weii'' – China (Guangxi)
* '' Beilschmiedia wieringae'' – northern and eastern Borneo
* '' Beilschmiedia wightii'' – southern India
* '' Beilschmiedia wilczekii'' – Cameroon
* '' Beilschmiedia xizangensis'' – southeastern Tibet
* '' Beilschmiedia yangambiensis'' – Gabon and Democratic Republic of the Congo
* '' Beilschmiedia yunnanensis'' – southern China (southern Yunnan, southern Guangxi, and Guangdong) and Vietnam
* '' Beilschmiedia zahnii'' – Cameroon
* '' Beilschmiedia zapoteoides'' – Mexico (Chiapas)
* '' Beilschmiedia zenkeri'' – central Africa
* '' Beilschmiedia zeylanica'' – Sri Lanka

References

External links

''Beilschmiedia'': information from Hebe Society New Zealand
* ttp://delta-intkey.com/wood/en/www/laubeisp.htm Commercial timbers: ''Beilschmiedia''

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