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Horsfieldia
Horsfieldia kingii habit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Myristicaceae
Genus:	Horsfieldia Willd.
Type species
Horsfieldia odorata Willd.
Synonyms
Jryaghedi Kuntze Pyrrhosa (Blume) Endl.

Horsfieldia is a genus of evergreen trees. The genus consists of about 100 species and is distributed across South Asia, from India to the Philippines and Papua New Guinea. Some species are used for timber. Species in the genus sometimes contain alkaloids, including horsfiline, which has analgesic effects.

Species

Plants of the World Online currently (February 2024) includes:

1. Horsfieldia ampla Markgr.
2. Horsfieldia ampliformis W.J.de Wilde
3. Horsfieldia amplomontana W.J.de Wilde
4. Horsfieldia amygdalina (Wall.) Warb.
5. Horsfieldia androphora W.J.de Wilde
6. Horsfieldia angularis W.J.de Wilde
7. Horsfieldia ardisiifolia (A.DC.) Warb.
8. Horsfieldia aruana (Blume) W.J.de Wilde
9. Horsfieldia atjehensis W.J.de Wilde
10. Horsfieldia australiana S.T.Blake
11. Horsfieldia basifissa W.J.de Wilde
12. Horsfieldia borneensis W.J.de Wilde
13. Horsfieldia brachiata (King) Warb.
14. Horsfieldia carnosa Warb.
15. Horsfieldia clavata W.J.de Wilde
16. Horsfieldia coriacea W.J.de Wilde
17. Horsfieldia corrugata Foreman
18. Horsfieldia coryandra W.J.de Wilde
19. Horsfieldia costulata (Miq.) Warb.
20. Horsfieldia crassifolia (Hook.f. & Thomson) Warb.
21. Horsfieldia crux-melitensis Markgr.
22. Horsfieldia decalvata W.J.de Wilde
23. Horsfieldia discolor W.J.de Wilde
24. Horsfieldia disticha W.J.de Wilde
25. Horsfieldia elongata W.J.de Wilde
26. Horsfieldia endertii W.J.de Wilde
27. Horsfieldia flocculosa (King) Warb.
28. Horsfieldia fragillima Airy Shaw
29. Horsfieldia fulva (King) Warb.
30. Horsfieldia glabra (Blume) Warb.
31. Horsfieldia gracilis W.J.de Wilde
32. Horsfieldia grandis (Hook.f.) Warb.
33. Horsfieldia hellwigii (Warb.) Warb.
34. Horsfieldia hirtiflora W.J.de Wilde
35. Horsfieldia inflexa W.J.de Wilde
36. Horsfieldia iriana W.J.de Wilde
37. Horsfieldia irya (Gaertn.) Warb.
38. Horsfieldia iryaghedhi (Gaertn.) Warb.
39. Horsfieldia kingii (Hook.f.) Warb.
40. Horsfieldia laevigata (Blume) Warb.
41. Horsfieldia lancifolia W.J.de Wilde
42. Horsfieldia laticostata (J.Sinclair) W.J.de Wilde
43. Horsfieldia leptantha W.J.de Wilde
44. Horsfieldia longiflora W.J.de Wilde
45. Horsfieldia macilenta W.J.de Wilde
46. Horsfieldia macrothyrsa (Miq.) Warb.
47. Horsfieldia majuscula (King) Warb.
48. Horsfieldia micrantha W.J.de Wilde
49. Horsfieldia moluccana W.J.de Wilde
50. Horsfieldia montana Airy Shaw
51. Horsfieldia motleyi Warb.
52. Horsfieldia nervosa W.J.de Wilde
53. Horsfieldia obscura W.J.de Wilde
54. Horsfieldia obscurinervia Merr.
55. Horsfieldia obtusa W.J.de Wilde
56. Horsfieldia olens W.J.de Wilde
57. Horsfieldia oligocarpa Warb.
58. Horsfieldia oliviformis Warb.
59. Horsfieldia pachycarpa A.C.Sm.
60. Horsfieldia pachyrachis W.J.de Wilde
61. Horsfieldia palauensis Kaneh.
62. Horsfieldia pallidicaula W.J.de Wilde
63. Horsfieldia parviflora (Roxb.) J.Sinclair
64. Horsfieldia paucinervis Warb.
65. Horsfieldia penangiana J.Sinclair
66. Horsfieldia pilifera Markgr.
67. Horsfieldia platantha W.J.de Wilde
68. Horsfieldia polyspherula (Hook.f.) J.Sinclair
69. Horsfieldia psilantha W.J.de Wilde
70. Horsfieldia pulcherrima W.J.de Wilde
71. Horsfieldia pulverulenta Warb.
72. Horsfieldia punctata W.J.de Wilde
73. Horsfieldia punctatifolia J.Sinclair
74. Horsfieldia ralunensis Warb.
75. Horsfieldia reticulata Warb.
76. Horsfieldia ridleyana (King) Warb.
77. Horsfieldia romblonensis W.J.de Wilde
78. Horsfieldia rufolanata Airy Shaw
79. Horsfieldia sabulosa J.Sinclair
80. Horsfieldia samarensis W.J.de Wilde
81. Horsfieldia schlechteri Warb.
82. Horsfieldia sepikensis Markgr.
83. Horsfieldia sessilifolia W.J.de Wilde
84. Horsfieldia sinclairii W.J.de Wilde
85. Horsfieldia smithii Warb.
86. Horsfieldia sparsa W.J.de Wilde
87. Horsfieldia spicata (Roxb.) J.Sinclair
88. Horsfieldia splendida W.J.de Wilde
89. Horsfieldia squamulosa W.J.de Wilde
90. Horsfieldia sterilis W.J.de Wilde
91. Horsfieldia subalpina J.Sinclair
92. Horsfieldia subtilis (Miq.) Warb.
93. Horsfieldia sucosa (King) Warb.
94. Horsfieldia superba (Hook.f. & Thomson) Warb.
95. Horsfieldia sylvestris (Houtt.) Warb.
96. Horsfieldia talaudensis W.J.de Wilde
97. Horsfieldia tenuifolia (J.Sinclair) W.J.de Wilde
98. Horsfieldia tomentosa Warb.
99. Horsfieldia triandra W.J.de Wilde
100. Horsfieldia tristis W.J.de Wilde
101. Horsfieldia tuberculata (K.Schum.) Warb.
102. Horsfieldia urceolata W.J.de Wilde
103. Horsfieldia valida (Miq.) Warb.
104. Horsfieldia wallichii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Warb.
105. Horsfieldia whitmorei J.Sinclair
106. Horsfieldia xanthina Airy Shaw

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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). Vol. 7. pp. 99–101.
4. 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".
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. Plants of the World Online: Horsfieldia (retrieved 23 February 2024)
7. IPNI
8. Tropicos
9. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Media related to Horsfieldia at Wikimedia Commons

• Horsfieldia
• Myristicaceae genera