Horsfieldia

Horsfieldia
Horsfieldia kingii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Myristicaceae
Genus:	Horsfieldia Willd.[1]
Type species
Horsfieldia odorata Willd.[1]
Synonyms[2]
Jryaghedi Kuntze Pyrrhosa (Blume) Endl.

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] Some species contain alkaloids, including horsfiline, which has analgesic effects.^[5]

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. 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. 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

List sources : ^{[6] [7] [8][9]}

References

1. 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.
2. "Index Nominum Genericorum (ING)".
3. Li Bingtao; Thomas K. Wilson (2008). "Myristicaceae". Flora of China (PDF). 7. pp. 99–101.
4. H. G. Richter; M. J. Dallwitz (2000 onwards). "Commercial timbers: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval. In English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish. Version: 25th June 2009". Check date values in: |date= (help)
5. 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.
6. IPNI
7. Tropicos
8. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
9. "The Plant List".