Olea is a genus of about 40 species in the family Oleaceae, native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the Middle East, southern Europe, Africa, southern Asia, and Australasia. They are evergreen trees and shrubs, with small, opposite, entire leaves. The fruit is a drupe. Leaves of Olea contain trichosclereids.
Arisaema is a large and diverse genus of the flowering plant family Araceae. The largest concentration of species is in China and Japan, with other species native to other parts of southern Asia as well as eastern and central Africa, Mexico and eastern North America. Asiatic species are often called cobra lilies, while western species are often called jack-in-the-pulpit; both names refer to the distinctive appearance of the flower, which consists of an erect central spadix rising from a spathe.
Osmanthus is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae. Most of the species are native to eastern Asia ,and was originally found in the middle east of the Himalayas, with a few species from the Caucasus, New Caledonia, and Sumatra. Osmanthus has been known in China since ancient times with the earliest writings coming from the Warring States period; the book Sea and Mountain. South Mountain states: "Zhaoyao Mountain had a lot of Osmanthus".
Litsea is a genus of evergreen or deciduous trees or shrubs belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae. The genus includes a large number of accepted species in tropical and subtropical areas of North America and Asia.
Odontochilus is a small genus from the orchid family (Orchidaceae). These terrestrial, mycoparasitic orchids occur from China, Japan, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Melanesia. The genus is related to Gonatostylis, endemic to New Caledonia.
Phoebe is a genus of evergreen trees and shrubs belonging to the Laurel family, Lauraceae. There are 75 accepted species in the genus, distributed in tropical and subtropical Asia and New Guinea. 35 species occur in China, of which 27 are endemic. The first description of the genus was of the type species P. lanceolata made in 1836 by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck in Systema Laurinarum, p. 98.
Actinodaphne is an Asian genus of flowering plants in the laurel family (Lauraceae). It contains approximately 125 species of dioecious evergreen trees and shrubs.
Anodendron is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1844. It is native to most of tropical Asia: China, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and some islands of the western Pacific.
Beilschmiedia is a genus of trees and shrubs in family Lauraceae. Most of its species grow in tropical climates, but a few of them are native to temperate regions, and they are widespread in tropical Asia, Africa, Madagascar, Australia, New Zealand, North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. The best-known species to gardeners in temperate areas are B. berteroana and B. miersii because of their frost tolerance. Seeds of B. bancroftii were used as a source of food by Australian Aborigines. Timbers of some species are very valuable.
Melodinus is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1776. It is native to Indomalaya, Meganesia and various islands in the western Pacific. A type of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids called melodinines can be isolated from Melodinus plants.
Urceola is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1798. It is native to China, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, and New Guinea.
Cartrema is a genus of a few species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae, native to southeastern Asia, southern China, and North America, formerly treated as section Leiolea of Osmanthus. Species of Cartrema may be distinguished from those of Osmanthus by the paniculate inflorescences of the former.
Callicarpa (beautyberry) is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the family Lamiaceae. They are native to east and southeast Asia, Australia, Madagascar, southeast North America and South America.
Microtoena is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1889. It is native to eastern and southeastern Asia, primarily China.
- Microtoena albescensC.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan - Guizhou
- Microtoena bhutanicaStearn - Bhutan
- Microtoena coreanaH.Lév - Korea
- Microtoena delavayiPrain - Sichuan, Yunnan
- Microtoena esquiroliiH.Lév. - Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi
- Microtoena griffithiiPrain - Arunachal Pradesh, Bangladesh
- Microtoena insuavis(Hance) Prain ex Briq. - Thailand, Vietnam, Guangdong, Guizhou, Yunnan
- Microtoena longisepalaC.Y.Wu - Sichuan
- Microtoena maireanaHand.-Mazz. - Yunnan
- Microtoena megacalyxC.Y.Wu - Guizhou, Yunnan
- Microtoena miyiensisC.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - Sichuan
- Microtoena mollisH.Lév. - Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi
- Microtoena moupinensis(Franch.) Prain - Tibet, Sichuan
- Microtoena muliensisC.Y.Wu - Sichuan
- Microtoena nepalensisStearn - Nepal
- Microtoena omeiensisC.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan - Sichuan
- Microtoena patchoulii(C.B.Clarke ex Hook.f.) C.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan - from Yunnan + Nepal south to Java
- Microtoena paucifloraC.Y.Wu - Yunnan
- Microtoena praineanaDiels - Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan
- Microtoena robustaHemsl. - Sichuan, Hubei
- Microtoena stenocalyxC.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan - Yunnan
- Microtoena urticifoliaHemsl. - Hubei, Hunan
- Microtoena vanchingshanensisC.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan - Guizhou
- Microtoena wardiiStearn - Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh
Mosla is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described as a genus in 1875. It is native to eastern Asia, the Himalayas, and southeastern Asia.
- Mosla bracteataDoan ex Suddee & A.J.Paton - Vietnam
- Mosla cavalerieiH.Lév.- Vietnam, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang
- Mosla chinensisMaxim. - Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Taiwan, Zhejiang
- Mosla coreanaH.Lév. - Korea
- Mosla dianthera(Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Maxim. - China, Japan, Korea, Ryukyu Islands, Kuril Islands, Primorye, Caucasus, Himalayas, Myanmar, Vietnam, Philippines, Sumatra
- Mosla exfoliata(C.Y.Wu) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - Sichuan
- Mosla hangchouensisMatsuda - Zhejiang
- Mosla japonica(Benth. ex Oliv.) Maxim. - Japan, Korea, Ryukyu Islands
- Mosla longibracteata(C.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - Guangxi, Zhejiang
- Mosla longispica(C.Y.Wu) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - Jiangxi
- Mosla pauciflora(C.Y.Wu) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan
- Mosla punctulataNakai - Korea, Taiwan, Japan, China
- Mosla scabra(Thunb.) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Zhejiang
- Mosla soochouensisMatsuda - Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang
- Mosla tamdaoensisPhuong - Vietnam
Paraphlomis is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described in 1901. It is native to China, Himalayas, and Southeast Asia.
