Rhodostemonodaphne is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lauraceae. It is a neotropical genus consisting of approximately 41 species occurring in Central America and northern South America. This genus has many species that are valued for timber. The classification of the genus is unclear since the species in the genus fall into a well-supported but unresolved clade that also includes species with unisexual flowers currently placed in the genera Endlicheria and part of Ocotea.
Rhodostemonodaphne are shrubs and trees up to 30 m tall, mostly hardwood evergreen trees. They are dioecious (male and female flowers are on separate trees). The stamens have four locelli situated in a shallow arch towards the apex of the anthers. The leaves are alternately arranged, elliptic with recurved margins, and thin (chartaceous). The inflorescence of small flowers is a panicle with racemose terminations.
Species include:
Rhodostemonodaphne anomala (Mez) RohwerRhodostemonodaphne avilensis MadriñánRhodostemonodaphne capixabensis Baitello & Coe-Teix.Rhodostemonodaphne celiana (C.K.Allen) RohwerRhodostemonodaphne crenaticupula MadriñánRhodostemonodaphne curicuriariensis MadriñánRhodostemonodaphne dioica (Mez) RohwerRhodostemonodaphne elephantopus MadriñánRhodostemonodaphne juruensis (A.C. Sm.) ChanderbaliRhodostemonodaphne kunthiana (Nees) RohwerRhodostemonodaphne laxa RohwerRhodostemonodaphne leptoclada MadriñánRhodostemonodaphne licanioides (A.C. Sm.) MadriñánRhodostemonodaphne longiflora MadriñánRhodostemonodaphne macrocalyx (Meisn.) Rohwer ex MadriñánRhodostemonodaphne miranda (Sandwith) RohwerRhodostemonodaphne mirecolorata (C.K. Allen) RohwerRhodostemonodaphne morii MadriñánRhodostemonodaphne napoensis MadriñánRhodostemonodaphne negrensis MadriñánRhodostemonodaphne ovatifolia MadriñánRhodostemonodaphne parvifolia MadriñánRhodostemonodaphne peneia MadriñánRhodostemonodaphne praeclara (Sandwith) MadriñánRhodostemonodaphne recurva van der WerffRhodostemonodaphne revolutifolia MadriñánRhodostemonodaphne rufovirgata MadriñánRhodostemonodaphne scandens MadriñánRhodostemonodaphne sordida MadriñánRhodostemonodaphne steyermarkiana (C.K.Allen) van der WerffRhodostemonodaphne synandra van der WerffRhodostemonodaphne tumucumaquensis MadriñánRhodostemonodaphne velutina (Mez) Madriñán