The type species is
Beilschmiedia roxburghiana, which ranges from the Himalayas to southern China,
Indo-China and
Peninsular Malaysia. Three
Beilschmiedia species are endemic to New Zealand.
taraire (
Beilschmiedia tarairi) is a common canopy tree in the lowland forests of the
North Island. The others are the common canopy tree
tawa, (
B. tawa), which has thin, willow-like leaves, and the
tawaroa (
B. tawaroa), which is similar to tawa but has broader leaves. The
New Zealand pigeon is the only species which can disperse the large seeds of the taraire, which pass through its gut unharmed.
Beilschmiedia miersii and
Beilschmiedia berteroana are endangered
sclerophyllous trees endemic to central Chile. The northern belloto (
B. miersii) grows in coastal forest, while the southern belloto (
B. berteroana) grows in submontane Andean zone of the central Chile's temperate deciduous forest region. Both forest associations are currently represented in the Chilean government's system of wild protected areas.
Accepted species 268 species are currently accepted: •
Beilschmiedia aborensis – Assam •
Beilschmiedia acuta – Cameroon •
Beilschmiedia acutifolia – New Guinea •
Beilschmiedia alata – Gabon and Democratic Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia alloiophylla – Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela •
Beilschmiedia ambigua – southern Democratic Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia anacardioides – Chad, Cameroon, Gabon, and Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia anay – central Mexico to Guatemala •
Beilschmiedia andamanensis – Andaman Islands •
Beilschmiedia angustielliptica – Mexico (Guerrero) •
Beilschmiedia angustifolia – Brazil (Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro) •
Beilschmiedia appendiculata – Hainan •
Beilschmiedia argentata – Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, and southern Vietnam •
Beilschmiedia assamica – Assam, Bangladesh, and Myanmar •
Beilschmiedia atra – Peninsular Malaysia •
Beilschmiedia auriculata – Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia balansae – northern Vietnam •
Beilschmiedia bancroftii yellow walnut, wanga – northeastern Queensland •
Beilschmiedia bangkae – Sumatra •
Beilschmiedia baotingensis – Hainan •
Beilschmiedia barensis – Cameroon •
Beilschmiedia batangensis – Cameroon •
Beilschmiedia berteroana southern belloto – central Chile •
Beilschmiedia bhutanica – Bhutan •
Beilschmiedia bidoupensis – Vietnam •
Beilschmiedia bolavenensis – Laos •
Beilschmiedia brachystachys – northeastern and eastern Borneo •
Beilschmiedia brachythyrsa – China (southern Yunnan) •
Beilschmiedia bracteata – Democratic Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia brandisii – Eastern Himalayas, Assam, and Bangladesh •
Beilschmiedia brasiliensis – Southeastern Colombia, Peru, and Brazilian Amazon •
Beilschmiedia brevifolia – Hainan •
Beilschmiedia brevipaniculata – China (Guangxi, Guangdong, and Hainan) •
Beilschmiedia brunnea – northeastern Queensland •
Beilschmiedia calcitranthera – Gabon •
Beilschmiedia castrisinensis – northeastern Queensland •
Beilschmiedia caudata – Liberia •
Beilschmiedia chevalieri – Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire •
Beilschmiedia cinnamomea – Cameroon, Gabon, and Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia clarkei – Nepal, eastern Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos •
Beilschmiedia collina – northeastern Queensland •
Beilschmiedia congestiflora – Cameroon •
Beilschmiedia congolana – Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, and Congo •
Beilschmiedia corbisieri – Cameroon, Gabon, and Democratic Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia costaricensis – Costa Rica to northern Venezuela and northern Peru •
Beilschmiedia crassa – Borneo (Sarawak) •
Beilschmiedia crassifolia – Cameroon •
Beilschmiedia crassipes – Cameroon •
Beilschmiedia cryptocaryoides – Madagascar (Androrona Massif) •
Beilschmiedia curviramea – Venezuela and northern Guyana •
Beilschmiedia cuspidata – Cameroon and Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia cylindrica – China (southeastern Yunnan) •
Beilschmiedia dalzellii – western India to the eastern Himalayas and Assam •
Beilschmiedia danhkyi – Vietnam •
Beilschmiedia delicata – China (eastern Yunnan to southwestern Guizhou and Guangdong) •
Beilschmiedia descoingsii – Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia dictyoneura – Borneo, Sumatra, and Peninsular Malaysia •
Beilschmiedia dielsiana – northeastern New Guinea •
Beilschmiedia dilmyana – Aru Islands •
Beilschmiedia dinklagei – Cameroon and Gabon •
Beilschmiedia diversiflora – Cameroon and Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia donisii – northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia elata – Sierra Leone •
Beilschmiedia elegantissima – Myanmar and Thailand •
Beilschmiedia elliptica – southeastern Queensland and northeastern New South Wales •
Beilschmiedia emarginata – southern and southeastern Brazil •
Beilschmiedia erythrophloia – Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and Vietnam •
Beilschmiedia fasciata – China (southeastern Yunnan) •
Beilschmiedia fluminensis – southeastern Brazil •
Beilschmiedia foliosa – southern Nigeria •
Beilschmiedia fordii – southern China and Vietnam •
Beilschmiedia frondosa – Vietnam •
Beilschmiedia fruticosa – Cameroon and Gabon •
Beilschmiedia fulva – Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and Democratic Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia furfuracea – China (southwestern Guangxi and Guangdong) •
Beilschmiedia gaboonensis – southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, and Democratic Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia gallatlyi – Myanmar •
Beilschmiedia gemmiflora – Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, and New Guinea •
Beilschmiedia gigantocarpa – southern Sulawesi •
Beilschmiedia gilbertii – Democratic Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia giorgii – Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia gitingensis – Philippines (Sibuyan). •
Beilschmiedia glabra – Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia •
Beilschmiedia glandulosa – China (Hong Kong) •
Beilschmiedia glauciphylla – Borneo (Sarawak) •
Beilschmiedia glomerata – Philippines •
Beilschmiedia grandibracteata – Cameroon and Gabon •
Beilschmiedia grandifolia – Cameroon, Gabon, and Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia gynotrochioides – Borneo (Sarawak) •
Beilschmiedia hartonoana – Borneo •
Beilschmiedia henghsienensis – China (Guangxi) •
Beilschmiedia hermanii – Democratic Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia hexanthera – French Guiana •
Beilschmiedia hondurensis – southern Mexico to Honduras •
Beilschmiedia hutchinsoniana – southern Nigeria and Cameroon •
Beilschmiedia immersinervis – Costa Rica •
Beilschmiedia insignis – Peninsular Malaysia •
Beilschmiedia insularum – Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and Democratic Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia intermedia – China (Guangxi and Hainan) to Vietnam •
Beilschmiedia jabassensis – Cameroon •
Beilschmiedia jacobii – India (Kerala) •
Beilschmiedia jacques-felixii – Cameroon, Gabon, and Central African Republic •
Beilschmiedia javanica – Java •
Beilschmiedia kinabaluensis – Borneo (Sabah and Sarawak) •
Beilschmiedia klainei – Cameroon, Gabon, and Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia kochummenii – Peninsular Malaysia •
Beilschmiedia kostermansiana •
Beilschmiedia kunstleri – Laos, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo •
Beilschmiedia kweichowensis – southern China •
Beilschmiedia kweo – eastern Tanzania •
Beilschmiedia laevis – China (Guangxi), Hainan, and Vietnam •
Beilschmiedia lanatella – northern Thailand •
Beilschmiedia lancifolia – Java •
Beilschmiedia lancilimba – Cameroon and northern Angola •
Beilschmiedia laotica – Laos and Vietnam •
Beilschmiedia latifolia – Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and northwestern Venezuela •
Beilschmiedia lebrunii – Democratic Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia ledermannii – northeastern New Guinea •
Beilschmiedia letouzeyi – Cameroon and Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia linharensis – eastern Brazil (Southeastern Bahia and Espírito Santo) •
Beilschmiedia linocieroides – China (southern Yunnan) •
Beilschmiedia longipetiolata – Hainan and Vietnam •
Beilschmiedia longifolia – northeastern New Guinea •
Beilschmiedia louisii – Cameroon and Democratic Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia lucidula – eastern Nepal through eastern India, Bangladesh, Indochina, and Malesia •
Beilschmiedia lumutensis – Cambodia and Peninsular Malaysia •
Beilschmiedia macrocarpa – southern Vietnam •
Beilschmiedia macrophylla – Myanmar •
Beilschmiedia macropoda – Hainan •
Beilschmiedia madagascariensis – eastern and southeastern Madagascar •
Beilschmiedia madang – Borneo, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Java •
Beilschmiedia maingayi – Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo •
Beilschmiedia manantlanensis – western Mexico (Jalisco and Colima) •
Beilschmiedia mannii – western and central Africa •
Beilschmiedia mannioides – Gabon and Democratic Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia mayumbensis – Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia membranacea – Peninsular Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia •
Beilschmiedia membranifolia – Cameroon •
Beilschmiedia mexicana – Mexico and Belize; northern Venezuela •
Beilschmiedia michelsonii – eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda •
Beilschmiedia micrantha – Borneo •
Beilschmiedia micranthopsis – Vietnam •
Beilschmiedia microcarpa – Borneo •
Beilschmiedia microphylla – Madagascar (Itremo Massif) •
Beilschmiedia miersii northern belloto – central Chile •
Beilschmiedia minutiflora – Cameroon, Gabon, and Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia montanoides – Borneo (Sabah) •
Beilschmiedia moratii – northern and south-central Madagascar •
Beilschmiedia morobensis – eastern New Guinea and Solomon Islands •
Beilschmiedia muricata – China (southern Guangxi) •
Beilschmiedia murutensis – Borneo (Sarawak) •
Beilschmiedia myrciifolia – southern Nigeria and Cameroon •
Beilschmiedia myrmecophila – New Guinea •
Beilschmiedia ndongensis – Cameroon •
Beilschmiedia neocaledonica – east-central New Caledonia •
Beilschmiedia neoletestui – Gabon •
Beilschmiedia ningmingensis – China (Guangxi) •
Beilschmiedia nitida – Cameroon and Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia novae-britanniae – Vietnam, New Guinea, and Bismarck Archipelago •
Beilschmiedia novoguineensis – northwestern New Guinea •
Beilschmiedia obconica – Hainan (Dongfang) •
Beilschmiedia oblonga – Borneo (West Kalimantan) •
Beilschmiedia oblongifolia – Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia obovatifoliosa – Vietnam •
Beilschmiedia obscura – Cameroon •
Beilschmiedia obscurinervia – China (southern Guangxi) •
Beilschmiedia obtusifolia blush-walnut, hard bolly-gum – eastern Australia •
Beilschmiedia oligandra – northeastern Queensland (Cook) •
Beilschmiedia oligantha – Borneo •
Beilschmiedia olivacea – Democratic Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia opposita – central Madagascar •
Beilschmiedia oreophila – central and southeastern New Caledonia •
Beilschmiedia osacola – Costa Rica •
Beilschmiedia ovalioides – Mexico (Oaxaca and Chiapas) •
Beilschmiedia ovalis – Mexico (Oaxaca and Chiapas) •
Beilschmiedia ovoidea – China (northern Guangxi) •
Beilschmiedia palembanica – Peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, and Sumatra •
Beilschmiedia papyracea – Cameroon •
Beilschmiedia pauciflora – China (southern Yunnan) •
Beilschmiedia paulocordata – Gabon •
Beilschmiedia pedicellata – east-central Madagascar •
Beilschmiedia pellegrinii – Gabon •
Beilschmiedia penangiana (syn.
Beilschmiedia brevipes ) – Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and Peninsular Malaysia •
Beilschmiedia pendula – Honduras to Ecuador, Venezuela, and the Caribbean Islands •
Beilschmiedia peninsularis – northern Queensland •
Beilschmiedia percoriacea – southern China, Vietnam, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, and Sumatra •
Beilschmiedia pergamentacea – southern China (Southeastern Yunnan and Guangxi), Vietnam, and Thailand •
Beilschmiedia phoebeopsis – Borneo •
Beilschmiedia pierreana – Cameroon and Gabon •
Beilschmiedia pilosa – Borneo •
Beilschmiedia podagrica – New Guinea •
Beilschmiedia poilanei – central Vietnam •
Beilschmiedia preussii – southwestern Cameroon •
Beilschmiedia preussioides – Cameroon and Gabon •
Beilschmiedia pubescens – northeastern New Guinea •
Beilschmiedia pullenii – New Guinea •
Beilschmiedia punctilimba – China (southeastern Yunnan) •
Beilschmiedia purpurascens – China (western and southern Yunnan) •
Beilschmiedia recurva – northeastern Queensland •
Beilschmiedia reticulata – Borneo (Sabah) •
Beilschmiedia rigida – eastern Brazil •
Beilschmiedia riparia – western and southern Mexico; Honduras and Nicaragua •
Beilschmiedia rivularis – Sumatra and Borneo •
Beilschmiedia robertsonii – Myanmar and Vietnam •
Beilschmiedia robusta – southern China (Yunnan, Guangxi, and southwestern Guizhou) and Vietnam •
Beilschmiedia robynsiana – Cameroon •
Beilschmiedia rosseliana – Papua New Guinea (
Louisiade Archipelago) •
Beilschmiedia roxburghiana (synonym
Beilschmiedia pahangensis type species – Himalayas, eastern India, Tibet, Indochina, and Peninsular Malaysia •
Beilschmiedia rufohirtella – China (southeastern Yunnan) •
Beilschmiedia rufolanata –
Riau Islands •
Beilschmiedia rufoperulata – Sumatra •
Beilschmiedia rugosa – east-central Madagascar •
Beilschmiedia rwandensis – Burundi and Rwanda •
Beilschmiedia sary – northeastern and east-central Madagascar •
Beilschmiedia schmitzii – Democratic Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia scintillans – Madagascar •
Beilschmiedia scortechinii – Peninsular Malaysia (Perak and Terengganu) •
Beilschmiedia sericans – northeastern and east-central Madagascar •
Beilschmiedia sericea – northeastern New Guinea •
Beilschmiedia sessilifolia – Cameroon •
Beilschmiedia shangsiensis – southern China (Guangxi) •
Beilschmiedia sichourensis – southern China (southeastern Yunnan) •
Beilschmiedia sikkimensis – Sikkim •
Beilschmiedia staudtii – Cameroon and Gabon •
Beilschmiedia steyermarkii – Mexico (Chiapas) and Guatemala •
Beilschmiedia stricta – southeastern Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) •
Beilschmiedia sulcata – Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, northwestern Venezuela, and Costa Rica •
Beilschmiedia superba – Vietnam •
Beilschmiedia supraglandulosa – southeastern China •
Beilschmiedia talbotiae – southern Nigeria to Cameroon •
Beilschmiedia tarairi taraire – New Zealand North Island •
Beilschmiedia taubertiana – southeastern Brazil •
Beilschmiedia tawa tawa – New Zealand •
Beilschmiedia tawaensis – Sumatra and Borneo •
Beilschmiedia tawaroa tawaroa – New Zealand North Island •
Beilschmiedia telupidensis – Borneo (Sabah) •
Beilschmiedia thollonii – Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia tilaranensis – Costa Rica and Panama •
Beilschmiedia tirunelvelica – India (Tamil Nadu) •
Beilschmiedia tooram – northeastern Queensland •
Beilschmiedia tovarensis – Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Venezuela, and Trinidad •
Beilschmiedia triplinervis – northeastern New Guinea •
Beilschmiedia troupinii – Burundi and Rwanda •
Beilschmiedia tsangii – southern China, northern Vietnam, Hainan, and Taiwan •
Beilschmiedia tungfangensis – southwestern Hainan •
Beilschmiedia ugandensis – South Sudan to Tanzania and Zambia •
Beilschmiedia variabilis – Democratic Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia velutina – northern and eastern Madagascar •
Beilschmiedia vermoesenii – northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia versicolor – Cameroon, Gabon, and Democratic Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia vestita – Brazil (Minas Gerais) •
Beilschmiedia vidalii – northern and Central Vietnam •
Beilschmiedia villosa – northern and northeastern Thailand •
Beilschmiedia vohemarensis – Madagascar •
Beilschmiedia volckii – northeastern Queensland •
Beilschmiedia wallichiana – Peninsular Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia •
Beilschmiedia wangii – southern China (Yunnan and Guangxi) and Vietnam •
Beilschmiedia weii – China (Guangxi) •
Beilschmiedia wieringae – northern and eastern Borneo •
Beilschmiedia wightii – southern India •
Beilschmiedia wilczekii – Cameroon •
Beilschmiedia xizangensis – southeastern Tibet •
Beilschmiedia yangambiensis – Gabon and Democratic Republic of the Congo •
Beilschmiedia yunnanensis – southern China (southern Yunnan, southern Guangxi, and Guangdong) and Vietnam •
Beilschmiedia zahnii – Cameroon •
Beilschmiedia zapoteoides – Mexico (Chiapas) •
Beilschmiedia zenkeri – central Africa •
Beilschmiedia zeylanica – Sri Lanka ==References==