Alseodaphne

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 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

 * Alseodaphnopsis hainanensis (as Alseodaphne hainanensis)
 * Alseodaphnopsis rugosa (as Alseodaphne rugosa)

Chemistry
Perakensol is a phenanthrenoid that can be isolated from A. perakensis.