Hortonia (plant)

Hortonia
Hortonia angustifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Laurales
Family:	Monimiaceae
Genus:	Hortonia Wight ex Arnott, 1838

Hortonia is a genus of trees and shrubs of the family Monimiaceae. It is endemic to Sri Lanka and comprises three species.^[1]

Species

• Hortonia angustifolia Trimen.
• Hortonia floribunda Wight. ex Arn.
• Hortonia ovalifolia Wight.

References

• Carr, Gavin; Williams, David E.; Ratnayake, Rukmal; Bandara, Ratnayake; Wijesundara, Siril; Tarling, Tamsin; Balgi, Aruna D.; Roberge, Michel et al. (2012). "Hortonones a to C, Hydroazulenones from the Genus Hortonia". Journal of Natural Products 75 (6): 1189–91. doi:10.1021/np200927k. PMID 22626446. 
• Ratnayake, Rukmal; Ratnayake Bandara, B.M.; Wijesundara, Siril; MacLeod, John K.; Simmonds, Peta; Karunaratne, Veranja (2008). "Bioactivity and chemistry of the genus Hortonia". Natural Product Research 22 (16): 1393–402. doi:10.1080/14786410701722433. PMID 19023800. 
• Ratnayake, Rukmal; Bandara, Ratnayake B.M.; Wijesundara, Siril. A. D.; Carr, Gavin; Andersen, Raymond J.; Karunaratne, Veranja (2008). "Four new butanolide derivatives from Hortonia, a genus endemic to Sri Lanka". Journal of Chemical Research 2008 (3): 134–6. doi:10.3184/030823408X298490. 
• Rathnayake, Rathnayake Mudiyanselage Rukmal Priyadarsani (2002). Chemistry of the Genus Hortonia (PhD Thesis). University of Peradeniya. 
• http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Monimiaceae/Hortonia/^{[full citation needed]}

Wikidata ☰ Q5902391 entry

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