Litsea

Litsea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Laurales
Family:	Lauraceae
Genus:	Litsea; Lam.
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	List Bistania Noronha; Cubeba Raf.; Cylicodaphne Nees; Darwinia Dennst.; Decapenta Raf.; Dipliathus Raf.; Fiwa J.F.Gmel.; Heckeria Raf.; Hexanthus Lour.; Iozoste Nees; Iteadaphne Blume; Lepidadenia Nees; Malapoenna Adans.; Pipalia Stokes; Pseudolitsea Y.C.Yang; Quinquedula Noronha; Sebifera Lour.; Tetranthera Jacq.; Tomex Thunb.; ;

Litsea is a genus of evergreen or deciduous trees or shrubs belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae. The genus includes a large number of accepted species in tropical and subtropical areas of North America and Asia.^[1]

Characteristics[]

Litsea japonica

They are typically dioecious trees or shrubs. The leaves can be either deciduous or evergreen depending on species, and aromatic. They have leaves alternate or opposite or in whorls.^[2] The inconspicuous flowers range from greenish to white, greenish-yellow, to yellowish. The inflorescences are pseudo-umbels, flat-topped or rounded flower clusters, each pseudo-umbel with an involucre of four or six decussate bracts.^[2]

Species[]

Currently accepted species include:^[1]

Ng
(Blume) Boerl.
Koord. & Valeton
Ridl.
(Liou Ho) Kosterm.
Hayata
(L.) Fernald
Hayata
Kosterm.
S.Vidal
(Hook.f.) D.G.Long
(Kurz) Hook.f.
(Kosterm.) Kosterm.
A.C.Sm.
C.K.Allen
Kosterm.
Kosterm.
Ng
Guillaumin
Blume
Merr.
(Blume) Boerl.
Gamble
Hook.f.
Kosterm.
Kosterm.
Litsea auriculata S.S.Chien & W.C.Cheng
Litsea australis B.Hyland
Rech.
Lecomte
Kosterm.
Elmer
Lecomte
H.W.Li
B.Hyland
C.K.Allen
Kosterm.
H.P.Tsui
Litsea bindoniana (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
Kosterm.
M.R.Almeida
(Meisn.) Boerl.
Gamble
C.K.Allen
(Blume) Fern.-Vill.
O.C.Schmidt
(Blume) Boerl.
C.K.Allen
Kosterm.
Kosterm.
A.C.Sm.
Litsea calicaris Kirk
(Miq.) Mansf.
K.Schum.
Lecomte
J.Li & H.W.Li
Teschner
Kosterm.
Hook.f.
Kosterm.
Merr.
Kosterm.
H.Lév.
Hook.f.
H.P.Tsui
Kosterm.
Yen C.Yang & P.H.Huang
Kosterm.
(Blume) Boerl.
(Blume) Boerl.
W.C.Cheng
Litsea cinerascens Ridl.
Kosterm.
(Teschner) Kosterm.
Prain
Litsea claviflora Gamble
C.K.Allen
H.P.Tsui
S.Moore
C.K.Allen
Koord. & Valeton
B.Hyland
(Jack) Hook.f.
H.Lév.
(B.Heyne ex Nees) Hook.f.
(Nees) Kosterm.
(Blume) Boerl.
(Blume) Boerl.
S.Moore
C.K.Allen
Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Pers.
Merr.
Litsea curtisii Gamble
(Blume) Boerl.
C.K.Allen
Gamble
(Teschner) Kosterm.
Guillaumin
H.P.Tsui
Teschner
Litsea dilleniifolia P.Y.Pai & P.H.Huang
Quisumb.
Kosterm.
Blume
O.C.Schmidt
M.Q.Han & Y.S.Huang
(D.Don) Kosterm.
H.Lév.
H.Liu
Blume
Merr.
Merr.
(Nees) Hook.f.
Teschner
Kosterm.
A.Chev. ex H.Liu
Kosterm.
Gamble
Blume
Kosterm.
Kosterm.
(Blume) Hook.f.
(Blume) Boerl.
(Blume) Gamble
Kosterm.
K.Schum. & Lauterb.
Kosterm.
(Blume) Boerl.
Kosterm.
Kosterm.
Litsea foxiana Gamble
(Blume) Fern.-Vill.
C.K.Allen
Litsea garciae S.Vidal
Litsea gardneri (Thwaites) Meisn.
(Miq.) Boerl.
Saldanha
Kosterm.
Teschner
Litsea glaberrima (Thwaites) Trimen
(Wall. ex Nees) Hook.f.
Litsea glaucescens Kunth
Kosterm.
Kosterm.
Ng
Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C.B.Rob.
H.W.Li
Udayan & Robi
Hook.f.
Litsea gracilis Gamble
Lecomte
(Nees) Hook.f.
B.Hyland
A.C.Sm.
C.K.Allen
Gamble
Boerl.
(F.Muell.) Forman
C.K.Allen
Kaneh.
Hook.f.
Kosterm.
R.Kr.Singh
Kosterm.
Litsea hirsutissima Gamble
(Blume) Boerl.
H.Liu
(Meisn.) D.G.Long
A.C.Sm.
Guillaumin
Yen C.Yang & P.H.Huang
Hemsl.
Merr.
Hayata
Gamble
Merr.
Litsea imbricata Guillaumin
(Blume) Boerl.
Turrill
Robi & Udayan
(Blume) Boerl.
(Blume) Boerl.
Kosterm.
Litsea iteodaphne (Nees) Hook.f.
(Thunb.) Juss.
Ng
Gamble
R.Ganesan
Teschner
Kosterm.
Kosterm.
Meisn.
Hook.f.
C.K.Allen
King ex Hook.f.
Yen C.Yang & P.H.Huang
H.T.Chang
(Nees) Trimen
(Nees) Gamble
(Blume) Kosterm.
(Roxb. ex Nees) Fern.-Vill.
Merr.
Guillaumin
Teschner
Litsea leefeana Merr.
Litsea leiantha (Kurz) Hook.f.
Litsea leytensis Merr.
H.P.Tsui
Litsea ligustrina (Nees) Fern.-Vill.
Kosterm.
(C.K.Allen) Yen C.Yang & P.H.Huang
H.Liu
Kosterm.
Kosterm.
Hook.f.
(H.Liu) Kosterm.
(Blume) Fern.-Vill.
Gamble
Yen C.Yang & P.H.Huang
C.K.Allen
Gillespie
Hook.f.
H.Lév.
Teschner
(Kurz) Hook.f.
A.C.Sm.
Merr.
R.Kr.Singh
Lecomte
(Teschner) Kosterm.
A.C.Sm.
Hook.f.
Kosterm.
Guillaumin
Merr.
Merr.
Teschner
I.M.Turner
Hook.f.
Hemsl.
Litsea monopetala (Roxb.) Pers.
Airy Shaw
C.K.Allen
Kosterm.
Hayata
Lecomte
I.M.Turner
H.Lév.
(Wall. ex Nees) Hook.f.
Gamble
Litsea nemoralis (Thwaites) Trimen
S.Moore
Kosterm.
(Meisn.) Grierson & D.G.Long
Litsea nigrescens Gamble
(Meisn.) Boerl.
(Roxb. ex Nees) Hook.f.
Blume
Teschner
Bartlett
(Kurz) Hook.f.
Merr.
(Blume) Boerl.
(Blume) Boerl.
(Meisn.) Hook.f.
H.T.Chang
Gibbs
Mez
Kosterm.
Litsea ovalifolia (Wight) Trimen
Kosterm.
Lundell
(Blume) Boerl.
Merr.
(Meisn.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Drake
Kosterm.
(Buch.-Ham. ex Nees) Hook.f.
Guillaumin
C.K.Allen
K.Schum.
(Hemsl.) Mez
Bartlett
(Diels) Yen C.Yang & P.H.Huang
Litsea penangiana Hook.f.
Guillaumin
Merr.
Elmer
C.K.Allen
C.K.Allen
(Blume) Fern.-Vill.
Ridl.
Merr.
Ngerns.
(A.Gray ex Seem.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Drake
Yen C.Yang & P.H.Huang
Elmer
(Meisn.) Boerl.
Gamble
Bartlett
S.Moore
(Blume) Boerl.
Kosterm.
Nees
H.Liu
Kosterm.
Kosterm.
Kosterm.
Kosterm.
Boerl.
Kosterm.
Hemsl.
Kosterm.
Elmer
C.T.White
(Meisn.) Hook.f.
Blume
Litsea reticulata (Meisn.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex F.Muell.
A.C.Sm.
Gamble
Kosterm.
(Blume) Boerl.
Guillaumin
Blume
(Blume) Kosterm.
(Nees) Hemsl.
Lecomte
Kosterm.
Boerl.
Blume
(Roxb. ex Nees) Hook.f.
(Nees) N.P.Balakr.
(Christoph.) A.C.Sm.
Merr.
Kosterm.
Gamble
Teschner
Litsea scortechinii Gamble
(Meisn.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Drake
Elmer
(Wall. ex Nees) Hook.f.
Kosterm.
(Wall. ex Nees) Hook.f.
Hook.f.
(C.J.Qi & K.W.Liu) L.Wu & J.J.Zhou
Boerl.
J.Li & H.W.Li
C.K.Allen
Litsea spathacea Gamble
Kosterm.
Kosterm.
Kosterm.
Guillaumin
Merr.
(Meisn.) Hook.f.
Kosterm.
Yen C.Yang & P.H.Huang
Yen C.Yang & P.H.Huang
Ng
(Miq.) Kosterm.
(Blume) Ng
Kosterm.
Boerl.
(H.Liu) J.Li & H.W.Li
Kosterm.
Guillaumin
H.W.Li
Ridl.
Gamble
Standl.
Lecomte
Yen C.Yang & P.H.Huang
Kosterm.
Span.
Blume
Litsea travancorica Gamble
Kosterm.
Guillaumin
Yen C.Yang & P.H.Huang
Boerl.
Kosterm.
Robi
(Lour.) Merr.
Boerl.
Elmer
(Meisn.) Boerl.
Lecomte
Merr.
Hemsl.
(Blume) Boerl.
Gamble
Elmer
(Meisn.) Hook.f.
C.K.Allen
Hance
Yen C.Yang & P.H.Huang
(Nees) Boerl.
H.Liu
(Meisn.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Drake
Trimen
C.K.Allen
Merr.
(Nees) Wall. ex Hook.f.
Gamble
Litsea wrayi Gamble
(Blume) Boerl.
Yen C.Yang & P.H.Huang
Yen C.Yang & P.H.Huang

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Litsea Lam". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b Puhua Huang; Jie Li; Xi-wen Li & Henk van der Werff. "Flora of China online".

[331725-2-1] "Litsea Lam". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2020.

[FOC-2] Puhua Huang; Jie Li; Xi-wen Li & Henk van der Werff. "Flora of China online".

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Litsea


Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Laurales
Family:	Lauraceae
Genus:	Litsea Lam.
Species
See text
Synonyms^[1]
List Bistania Noronha Cubeba Raf. Cylicodaphne Nees Darwinia Dennst. Decapenta Raf. Dipliathus Raf. Fiwa J.F.Gmel. Heckeria Raf. Hexanthus Lour. Iozoste Nees Iteadaphne Blume Lepidadenia Nees Malapoenna Adans. Pipalia Stokes Pseudolitsea Y.C.Yang Quinquedula Noronha Sebifera Lour. Tetranthera Jacq. Tomex Thunb.