{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{automatic taxobox |image = Alseodaphne hokouensis.jpg |image_caption =''Alseodaphne hokouensis'' |taxon = Alseodaphne |authority = Nees, 1831 |type_species = ''Alseodaphne semecarpifolia'' |type_species_authority = Nees, 1831 |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text |synonyms = ''Stemmatodaphne'' <small>Gamble</small><ref name = powo> [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21330-1 ''Alseodaphne'' Nees]. ''Plants of the World Online''. Accessed 10 April 2023.</ref> }}
'''''Alseodaphne''''' is a genus of plants in the family Lauraceae,<ref name=pl>[http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Lauraceae/Alseodaphne/ ''Alseodaphne'' — The Plant List]</ref> endemic to China and Southeast Asia. The genus has 96 species of evergreen trees to shrubs.<ref>{{cite journal|first1= S.|last1= Julia|first2= E.|last2= Soepadmo|first3= W.|last3= Yahud|year= 2009|title= Problem in the generic delimitation between Alseodaphne, Dehaasia and Nothaphoebe (Lauraceae) in Borneo|journal= Blumea|volume= 54|pages= 192–197|doi=10.3767/000651909x476148|url= https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/526204}}</ref> They have bisexual flowers, a fruit stalk that is red, green, or yellow, and black fruit.<ref name=China>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=101195 ''Alseodaphne''.] Flora of China.</ref>
==Species== 53 species are currently accepted. They are listed here alphabetically with author and species range:<ref name = powo/> * ''Alseodaphne albifrons'' {{small|Kosterm.}} – Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo * ''Alseodaphne archboldiana'' {{small|(C.K.Allen) Kosterm.}} – New Guinea * ''Alseodaphne bancana'' {{small|Miq.}} – Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo * ''Alseodaphne birmanica'' {{small|Kosterm.}} – Myanmar and Thailand * ''Alseodaphne borneensis'' {{small|Gamble}} – Borneo * ''Alseodaphne dura'' {{small|Kosterm.}} – Peninsular Malaysia * ''Alseodaphne elmeri'' {{small|Merr.}} – Borneo * ''Alseodaphne elongata'' {{small|(Blume) Kosterm.}} – Sumatra * ''Alseodaphne foxiana'' {{small|(Gamble) Kosterm.}} – Peninsular Malaysia * ''Alseodaphne garciniicarpa'' {{small|Kosterm.}} – Peninsular Malaysia (Perak) * ''Alseodaphne glauciflora'' {{small|Kosterm.}} – Sumatra and Borneo (West Kalimantan) * ''Alseodaphne glaucina'' {{small|(A.Chev. ex H.Liu) Kosterm.}} – Vietnam * ''Alseodaphne gracilis'' {{small|Kosterm.}} – China (southeastern Yunnan) * ''Alseodaphne griffithii'' {{small|Kosterm.}} – Myanmar * ''Alseodaphne habrotricha'' {{small|Kosterm.}} – southern India * ''Alseodaphne himalayana'' {{small|Kosterm.}} – Nepal * ''Alseodaphne huanglianshanensis'' {{small|H.W.Li & Y.M.Shui}} – China (Southern Yunnan) * ''Alseodaphne insignis'' {{small|Gamble}} – Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo * ''Alseodaphne intermedia'' {{small|Kosterm.}} – Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra * ''Alseodaphne khasyana'' {{small|(Meisn.) Kosterm.}} – Eastern India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar * ''Alseodaphne kochummenii'' {{small|Kosterm.}} – Peninsula Malaysia (Pahang) * ''Alseodaphne longipes'' {{small|Kosterm.}} – Philippines (Samar, Mindanao, Luzon) * ''Alseodaphne macrantha'' {{small|Kosterm.}} – Peninsular Malaysia * ''Alseodaphne medogensis'' {{small|H.P.Tsui}} – southeastern Tibet * ''Alseodaphne micrantha'' {{small|Kosterm.}} – Peninsula Malaysia (Johor) * ''Alseodaphne montana'' {{small|Kosterm.}} – Borneo (Sabah) * ''Alseodaphne nicobarica'' {{small|(Chakrab. & Vasudeva Rao) Chakrab.}} – Nicobar Islands * ''Alseodaphne nigrescens'' {{small|(Gamble) Kosterm.}} – southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia * ''Alseodaphne oblanceolata'' {{small|(Merr.) Kosterm.}} – Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo * ''Alseodaphne obovata'' {{small|Kosterm.}} – Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo * ''Alseodaphne owdenii'' {{small|R.Parker}} – Eastern India and Bangladesh * ''Alseodaphne paludosa'' {{small|Gamble}} – Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra * ''Alseodaphne panduriformis'' {{small|Hook.f.}} – Peninsular Malaysia * ''Alseodaphne peduncularis'' {{small|(Nees) Meisn.}} – Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra * ''Alseodaphne pendulifolia'' {{small|Gamble}} – Peninsular Malaysia * ''Alseodaphne perakensis'' {{small|(Gamble) Kosterm.}} – Peninsular Malaysia * ''Alseodaphne philippinensis'' {{small|(Elmer) Kosterm.}} – Philippines (Mindanao: Mt. Apo). * ''Alseodaphne polyneura'' {{small|Miq.}} – Sumatra * ''Alseodaphne ramosii'' {{small|Kosterm.}} – Philippines (Palawan: Mt. Victoria) * ''Alseodaphne rhododendropsis'' {{small|Kosterm.}} – Vietnam * ''Alseodaphne ridleyi'' {{small|Gamble}} – Peninsular Malaysia * ''Alseodaphne rubriflora'' {{small|Kosterm.}} – Myanmar (Myitkyina) * ''Alseodaphne rubrolignea'' {{small|Kosterm.}} – Peninsula Malaysia (Pahang) and Borneo * ''Alseodaphne semecarpifolia'' {{small|Nees}} – southern India and Sri Lanka * ''Alseodaphne siamensis'' {{small|Kosterm.}} – Thailand (Ranawung). * ''Alseodaphne suboppositifolia'' {{small|Kosterm.}} – Vietnam (Kontum). * ''Alseodaphne sulcata'' {{small|Kosterm.}} – Borneo (Sabah) * ''Alseodaphne tomentosa'' {{small|Kosterm.}} – Borneo (Sarawak) * ''Alseodaphne tonkinensis'' {{small|H.Liu}} – Vietnam * ''Alseodaphne utilis'' {{small|Kosterm.}} – Vietnam * ''Alseodaphne wrayi'' {{small|Gamble}} – Thailand and Peninsula Malaysia (Perak) * ''Alseodaphne yunnanensis'' {{small|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''.<ref>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. {{doi|10.1021/np50082a027}}</ref>
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