Horsfieldia
Horsfieldia is the name of a genus of evergreen trees.[3] The genus consists of about 100 species and is distributed across South Asia, from India to the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.[3] Some species are used for timber.[4] Species in the genus sometimes contain alkaloids, including horsfiline, which has analgesic effects.[5]
| Horsfieldia | |
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| Horsfieldia kingii habit | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Myristicaceae |
| Genus: | Horsfieldia Willd.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Horsfieldia odorata Willd.[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Selected species
- H. ampla Markgr.
- H. ampliformis W.J.de Wilde
- H. amplomontana W.J.de Wilde
- H. amygdalina (Wall.) Warb.
- H. androphora W.J.de Wilde
- H. ardisiifolia (A.DC.) Warb.
- H. atjehensis W.J.de Wilde
- H. australiana S.T.Blake
- H. borneensis W.J.de Wilde
- H. brachiata Warb.
- H. carnosa Warb.
- H. clavata W.J.de Wilde
- H. coriacea W.J.de Wilde
- H. crassifolia (Hook.f. & Thomson) Warb.
- H. crux-melitensis Markgr.
- H. decalvata W.J.de Wilde
- H. discolor W.J.de Wilde
- H. disticha W.J.de Wilde
- H. elongata W.J.de Wilde
- H. endertii W.J.de Wilde
- H. flocculosa (King) Warb.
- H. fragillima Airy Shaw
- H. fulva (King) Warb.
- H. gigantifolia Elmer
- H. glabra (Reinw. ex Blume) Warb.
- H. gracilis W.J.de Wilde
- H. grandis Warb.
- H. hellwigii Warb.
- H. hirtiflora W.J.de Wilde
- H. iriana W.J.de Wilde
- H. irya Warb.
- H. iryaghedhi (Gaertn.) Warb.
- H. kingii (Hook.f.) Warb.
- H. lancifolia W.J.de Wilde
- H. laticostata (J.Sinclair) W.J.de Wilde
- H. leptantha W.J.de Wilde
- H. longiflora W.J.de Wilde
- H. macilenta W.J.de Wilde
- H. macrobotrys Merr.
- H. macrothyrsa (Miq.) Warb.
- H. montana Airy Shaw
- H. motleyi Warb.
- H. nervosa W.J.de Wilde
- H. oblongata Merr.
- H. obscura W.J.de Wilde
- H. obscurineria Merr.
- H. obtusa W.J.de Wilde
- H. odorata Willd.
- H. olens W.J.de Wilde
- H. oligocarpa Warb.
- H. pachyrachis W.J.de Wilde
- H. pallidicaula W.J.de Wilde
- H. palauensis Kaneh.
- H. pandurifolia Hu
- H. parviflora (Roxb.) J.Sinclair
- H. penangiana J.Sinclair
- H. perangusta W.J.de Wilde
- H. polyspherula (Hook.f.) J.Sinclair
- H. pulcherrima W.J.de Wilde
- H. punctata W.J.de Wilde
- H. punctatifolia J.Sinclair
- H. reticulata Warb.
- H. rufo-lanata Airy Shaw
- H. sabulosa J.Sinclair
- H. samarensis W.J.de Wilde
- H. sepikensis Markgr.
- H. sessilifolia W.J.de Wilde
- H. sparsa W.J.de Wilde
- H. spicata (Roxb.) J.Sinclair
- H. splendida W.J.de Wilde
- H. squamulosa W.J.de Wilde
- H. sterilis W.J.de Wilde
- H. subalpina (Roxb.) J.Sinclair
- H. subglobosa Warb.
- H. sucosa Warb.
- H. superba (Hook.f. & Thomson) Warb.
- H. sylvestris (Houtt.) Warb.
- H. talaudensis W.J.de Wilde
- H. tenuifolia (J.Sinclair) W.J.de Wilde
- H. tomentosa Warb.
- H. triandra W.J.de Wilde
- H. tristis W.J.de Wilde
- H. urceolata W.J.de Wilde
- H. valida (Miq.) Warb.
- H. wallichii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Warb.
- H. warburgiana Elmer
- H. whitmorei J.Sinclair
- H. xanthina Airy Shaw
References
- The genus Horsfieldia (type: Horsfieldia odorata) was first described and published in Species Plantarum. Editio quarta 4(2): 872. 1806. "Name - !Horsfieldia Willd". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
- "Index Nominum Genericorum (ING)".
- Li Bingtao; Thomas K. Wilson (2008). "Myristicaceae". Flora of China (PDF). 7. pp. 99–101.
- H. G. Richter; M. J. Dallwitz (2000). "Commercial timbers: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval. In English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish. Version: 25th June 2009".
- Jossang A, Jossang P, Hadi HA, Sevenet T, Bodo B (1991). "Horsfiline, an oxindole alkaloid from Horsfieldia superba". Journal of Organic Chemistry. 56 (23): 6527–6530. doi:10.1021/jo00023a016.
- IPNI
- Tropicos
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine
- "The Plant List".
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