Genus of flowering plants
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Machilus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lauraceae . It is found in temperate, subtropical, and tropical forest, occurring in China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Indochina, the Indian subcontinent, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines.[ 1] It is sometimes included in the genus Persea ,[ 2] and currently includes about 100 species.[ 3]
Description
Machilus are evergreen trees or shrubs,[ 3] some species growing as much as 30 m tall. Their entire, pinnately veined leaves are alternately borne along the stems. Their bisexual flowers are borne in inflorescences that are usually paniculate, terminal, subterminal, or arising from near base of branchlets, with long peduncles or rarely without peduncles. Perianth tubes are short; perianth lobes 6 in 2 series, equal, subequal, or occasionally outer ones conspicuously smaller than inner ones, usually persistent, rarely deciduous. Fertile stamens 9 in 3 series, anthers 4-celled, 1st and 2nd series of stamens eglandular, anthers introrse, 3rd series of stamens glandular, anthers extrorse or lateral, glands stipitate to sessile. Staminodes in 4th series, sagittate. Ovary sessile; stigmas small, dish-shaped or capitate. Fruits are fleshy, globose, rarely ellipsoid or oblong, subtended at base by persistent and reflexed perianth lobes; the fruiting pedicel does not become enlarged.
M. japonica
M. japonica
M. japonica
M. japonica
Species
The genus includes the following species:[ 1]
Machilus yunnanensis , also known as Persea yunnanensis
M. obovatifolia . Leaf obovate or ovate-elliptic is the main feature of M. obovatifolia among Machilus. Endemic to Taiwan.
M. kusanoi . The height of the tree and the large leaves are the obvious characteristics of M. kusanoi in the same genus. Endemic to Taiwan.
Machilus angustifolius Mase, Tagane & Yahara
Machilus arunachalensis (M.Gangop.) Anand Kumar
Machilus attenuatus F.N.Wei & S.C.Tang – China (Guangxi)
Machilus austroguizhouensis S.K. Lee & F.N. Wei – China (Guizhou and Guangxi)
Machilus balansae (Airy Shaw) F.N. Wei & S.C. Tang – northern Vietnam
Machilus bhaskarii (M.Gangop.) Anand Kumar
Machilus bokorensis Yahara & Tagane – Cambodia
Machilus bonii Lecomte – China (southeastern Yunnan, southwestern Guizhou, and western Guangxi) and Vietnam
Machilus boninensis Koidz. – Ogasawara Islands
Machilus breviflorus (Benth.) Hemsl. – China (Guangxi, Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Hainan)
Machilus brevipaniculatus Yahara & Tagane – Cambodia
Machilus calcicola C.J. Qi – China (northeastern Guangxi, Guangdong, and Hunan)
Machilus cambodianus Mase, Tagane & Yahara – described from Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary , Cambodia[ 4]
Machilus cavaleriei H. Lév. – China (southern Guizhou and northwestern Guangxi) and Vietnam
Machilus champasakensis Tagane & Soulad.
Machilus chartaceus (Kosterm.) D.J.Middleton
Machilus chayuensis S.K. Lee – southeastern Tibet
Machilus chekiangensis S.K. Lee – China (Hong Kong, Fujian, and Zhejiang)
Machilus chienkweiensis S.K. Lee – China (southeastern Guizhou and northern Guangxi)
Machilus chinensis (Benth.) Hemsl. – China (Guangxi, Guangdong, and Hong Kong) and Vietnam
Machilus chrysotrichus H.W.Li – China (northwestern and central Yunnan)
Machilus chuanchienensis S.K.Lee – China (southeastern Sichuan and northeastern Guizhou)
Machilus cicatricosus S.K. Lee – Vietnam and Hainan
Machilus clarkeanus King ex Hook.f. – Nepal, East Himalaya , eastern India, and Myanmar
Machilus cochinchinensis Lecomte – Laos and Vietnam
Machilus coriaceus A.Chev. – Vietnam
Machilus curranii Merr. – Luzon
Machilus daozhenensis Y.K. Li – China (Daozhen in Guizhou)
Machilus declinatus (Blume) de Kok – Myanmar, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Java
Machilus decursinervis Chun – southern China and Vietnam
Machilus dinganensis S.K. Lee & F.N. Wei – China (Guangdong and Hainan)
Machilus dubius Das & P.C.Kanjilal – Bhutan, East Himalaya , and eastern India
Machilus dumicola (W.W. Sm.) H.W. Li
Machilus duthiei King
Machilus edulis King ex Hook.f.
Machilus elephanti Mase, Tagane & Yahara
Machilus fasciculatus H.W. Li
Machilus foonchewii S.K. Lee
Machilus forrestii (W.W.Sm.) L.Li, J.Li & H.W.Li
Machilus fruticosus Kurz
Machilus fukienensis Hung T. Chang
Machilus gamblei King ex Hook. f.
Machilus garrettii D.J.Middleton
Machilus glabrophyllus J.F. Zuo
Machilus glaucifolius S.K. Lee & F.N. Wei
Machilus gongshanensis H.W. Li
Machilus gracillimus Chun
Machilus grandibracteatus S.K. Lee & F.N. Wei
Machilus grijsii Hance
Machilus hedgei (M.Gangop. & A.Sarmah) Chakrab., Ghoshal, Anand Kumar & V.K.Rawat
Machilus hemsleyi Nakai
Machilus himalayensis M.Gangop.
Machilus holadenus H. Liu
Machilus ichangensis Rehder & E.H. Wilson
Machilus japonicus Siebold & Zucc.
Machilus kerrii (Gamble) Mase, Tagane & Yahara
Machilus kingii Hook.f.
Machilus kobu Maxim.
Machilus kochummenii de Kok
Machilus konishii Hayata
Machilus kurzii King ex Hook. f.
Machilus kwangtungensis Yen C. Yang
Machilus lenticellatus S.K. Lee & F.N. Wei
Machilus leptophyllus Hand.-Mazz.
Machilus lichuanensis W.C. Cheng
Machilus listeri King ex Hook.f.
Machilus litseifolius S.K. Lee
Machilus lohitensis (M.Gangop.) M.Gangop.
Machilus lohuiensis S.K. Lee
Machilus longipes Hung T. Chang
Machilus macranthus Nees
Machilus magniperulatus (Kosterm.) D.J.Middleton
Machilus mangdangshanensis Q.F. Zheng
Machilus melanophyllus H.W. Li
Machilus miaoshanensis F.N. Wei & C.Q. Lin
Machilus microcarpus Hemsl.
Machilus microphyllus (H.W.Li) L.Li, J.Li & H.W.Li
Machilus minkweiensis S.K. Lee
Machilus minutiflorus (H.W.Li) L.Li, J.Li & H.W.Li
Machilus minutilobus S.K. Lee
Machilus montanus L.Li, J.Li & H.W.Li
Machilus monticolus S.K. Lee
Machilus multinervius H. Liu
Machilus nakaoi S.K. Lee
Machilus nanchuanensis N. Chao
Machilus nanmu (Oliv.) Hemsl.
Machilus obovatifolius (Hayata) Kaneh. & Sasaki
Machilus obscurinervis S.K. Lee
Machilus oculodracontis Chun
Machilus odoratissimus Nees
Machilus oreophilus Hance
Machilus ovatilobus S.K. Lee
Machilus parabreviflorus Hung T. Chang
Machilus parapauhoi F.N.Wei, S.C.Tang & W.B.Xu
Machilus parviflorus Meisn.
Machilus pauhoi Kaneh.
Machilus phoenicis Dunn
Machilus platycarpus Chun
Machilus pomifer (Kosterm.) S.K. Lee
Machilus pseudokobu Koidz.
Machilus pubescens Blume
Machilus pyramidalis H.W. Li
Machilus rehderi C.K.Allen
Machilus reticulatus K.M.Lan
Machilus rimosus (Blume) Blume
Machilus robustus W.W.Sm.
Machilus rufipes H.W.Li
Machilus salicinus Hance
Machilus salicoides S.K.Lee
Machilus seimensis Mase, Tagane & Yahara – described from Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary , Cambodia[ 4]
Machilus sericeus (Nees) Blume
Machilus shiwandashanicus Hung T.Chang
Machilus shweliensis W.W.Sm.
Machilus sichourensis H.W.Li
Machilus sichuanensis N. Chao
Machilus sikkimensis (M.Gangop.) M.Gangop.
Machilus submultinervius Y.K.Li
Machilus suddeei D.J.Middleton
Machilus sumatranus (Kosterm.) F.N. Wei & S.C.Tang
Machilus tenuipilis H.W. Li
Machilus thailandicus D.J.Middleton
Machilus thunbergii Siebold & Zucc.
Machilus tingzhourensis M.M. Lin, T.F. Que & S.Q. Zheng
Machilus velutinus Champ. ex Benth.
Machilus verruculosus H.W. Li
Machilus versicolorus S.K. Lee & F.N. Wei
Machilus viridis Hand.-Mazz.
Machilus wangchianus Chun
Machilus wenshanensis H.W. Li
Machilus yunnanensis Lecomte
Machilus zuihoensis Hayata
References
^ a b Machilus Nees . Plants of the World Online , Kew Science. Accessed 21 May 2025.
^ "Tropicos.org" .
^ a b Shugang Li; Xi-wen Li; Jie Li; Puhua Huang; Fa-Nan Wei; Hongbin Cui; Henk van der Werff. "Machilus Rumphius ex Nees in Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 61, 70. 1831" . Flora of China .
^ a b Mase, K., Tagane, S., Chhang, P., & Yahara, T. (2020). A Taxonomic Study of Machilus (Lauraceae) in Cambodia based on DNA Barcodes and Morphological Observations. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica , 71 (2), 79–101.
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