In the genus Horsfieldia 5 new taxa are proposed, viz. one from Vietnam: H. micrantha W.J. de Wilde, a new variety from Thailand: H. amygdalina Wall. var. macrocarpa W.J. de Wilde, one species from the Philippines: H. romblonensis W.J. de Wilde, one species and a new variety both from West Papua: H. platantha W.J. de Wilde and H. subtilis (Miq.) Warb. var. auctissima W.J. de Wilde. Apart from additions and notes to Asian genera in Myristicaceae, a description in English of Myristica yunnanensis Y.H. Li is given. Horsfieldia kingii, Knema curtisii, Myristica cinnamomea, and M. yunnanensis are new records for Thailand; H. majuscula is a new record for Borneo.

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de Wilde, W. J. J. O. (2002). Additions to Asian Myristicaceae: Endocomia, Gymnacranthera, Horsfieldia, Knema, and Myristica. Blumea: Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants, 47(2), 347–362.