Hortonia (plant)

Short description: Genus of flowering plants

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

1. ↑ "(PDF) Evaluation of species limits of Hortonia by DNA barcoding". Researchgate.net. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237054534_Evaluation_of_species_limits_of_Hortonia_by_DNA_barcoding.

* 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]

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