List of Shorea species

Shorea is a large genus in family Dipterocarpaceae, and has been subject to substantial revision over the decades. Prior to 2022 the genus included nearly 200 genera.

Based on phylogenomic analyses showing that genus Shorea sensu Ashton (1982) was polyphyletic, in 2022 Ashton and Heckenhauer proposed reviving the former genera Doona Thwaites, Pentacme A.DC., and Richetia F.Heim, raising Shorea sections Anthoshorea and Neohopea to genus rank, and combining Shorea sections Brachyptera, Mutica, Ovalis, Pachycarpae, and Rubella into the new genus Rubroshorea, with two sections, Shorea and Barbata, remaining in genus Shorea. Plants of the World Online currently recognizes Anthoshorea, Doona, Neohopea, Pentacme, Richetia, and Rubroshorea as separate genera.

Shorea classification (Ashton et al. 2022)

Plants of the World Online currently accepts 47 species. Ashton et al. (2022) accept two sections, Barbata and Shorea.

Shorea classification (Ashton et al. 2004)

This is a complete listing of Shorea species accepted by Plants of the World Online in July 2019. The subgeneric classification follows Ashton (2004) and covers only species native to northern Borneo, with some Sri Lankan species added. The timber groups classified according to the system proposed by Symington in the early 1940s.

• Ashton, P.S. Dipterocarpaceae. In Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak, Volume 5, 2004. Soepadmo, E., Saw, L.G. and Chung, R.C.K. eds. Government of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ISBN 983-2181-59-3