taxonID	type	description	language	source
144387A00072FF93B043FC25FB8FFC67.taxon	description	Mo et al. (2017) presented two tables with measurements of fruits and inflorescences of a number of Alseodaphne species and most species of Alseodaphnopsis. They did not present data on the diameter or colour of the twigs, whether terminal buds are perulate or not, whether tepals are persistent or early deciduous, diameter of the petioles, leaf texture and whether midrib is sunken, flat or raised on the upper leaf surface. The lack of data makes it difficult to determine if any of the characters listed in Table 1 are diagnostic for Alseodaphnopsis or are simply more frequent among Alseodaphnopsis species than among Alseodaphne species. All diagnostic characters should be present in all species of Alseodaphnopsis and lacking in Alseodaphne s. str. Therefore the morphological basis for recognizing Alseodaphnopsis is unconvincing. Yet, molecular studies have shown that Alseodaphne is not monophyletic and it is to be expected that diagnostic morphological differences exist if the two clades of Alseodaphne represent two genera. Many species of Alseodaphne s. lat. are poorly known. Of the ten species of Alseodaphne s. lat. included in the Flora of China (Li et al. 2008), flowers were not known of four species; Kostermans (1973) described 14 new species known from one or two collections. This lack of good collections makes the finding of morphological diagnostic characters for Alseodaphnopsis difficult. Prior to the description of Alseodaphnopsis all Asian genera of the Persea group were defined by reproductive characters that were diagnostic.	en	van der Werff, H. (2019): Alseodaphnopsis (Lauraceae) revisited. Blumea 64 (2): 186-189, DOI: 10.3767/blumea.2019.64.02.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/blumea.2019.64.02.10
144387A00072FF91B30DFC76FD1FFAAB.taxon	description	All genera of the Persea group share a common flower structure. The flowers have two whorls of three tepals each; in most cases the six tepals are equal, but occasionally unequal with the outer three shorter than the inner three. Stamens are ar- ranged in three whorls of three stamens each; stamens of the third whorl have each two glands at the base of the filaments. A fourth, innermost whorl is usually present and staminodial, but may be lacking entirely. The pistil is superior.	en	van der Werff, H. (2019): Alseodaphnopsis (Lauraceae) revisited. Blumea 64 (2): 186-189, DOI: 10.3767/blumea.2019.64.02.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.3767/blumea.2019.64.02.10
