Litsea

Litsea
	Litsea japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Laurales
Family:	Lauraceae
Genus:	Litsea; Lam.
Species
	136
Synonyms
	Iozoste Nees; Sebifera Lour.; Tetranthera Jacq.;

Litsea is a genus of evergreen or deciduous trees or shrubs belonging to the Laurel family, Lauraceae. The genus includes 136 accepted species in tropical and subtropical areas of both hemispheres.^[1]

Trees or shrubs, dioecious. The leaves can be either deciduous or evergreen depending on species, and aromatic. The flowers are from greenish to white, greenish-yellow, yellowish.

Characteristics

The genus includes species of trees, and shrubs, with evergreen or deciduous foliage and inconspicuous flowers.

They have leaves alternate or opposite or in whorls.^[2] The inflorescences are pseudo-umbels, flat-topped or rounded flower clusters, each pseudo-umbel with an involucre of four or six decussate bracts.^[2]

Accepted Species

Litsea accedens (Blume) Boerl.
Litsea acuminata (Teschner) Kosterm.
Litsea acutivena Hayata
Litsea aestivalis (L.) Fernald
Litsea akoensis Hayata
Litsea albescens (Hook. f.) D.G. Long
Litsea albicans (Kurz) Hook. f.
Litsea ambigua (Blume) Boerl.
Litsea apetala (Roxb.) Pers.
Litsea auriculata S.S. Chien & W.C. Cheng
Litsea australis B.Hyland, an Australian rainforest tree
Litsea balansae Lecomte
Litsea baviensis Lecomte
Litsea beilschmiediifolia H.W. Li
Litsea biflora H.B. Cui
Litsea bindoniana (F. Muell.) F. Muell., an Australian rainforest tree
Litsea borneensis (Meisn.) Boerl.
Litsea calicaris (Sol. ex A. Cunn.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Kirk a New Zealand tree
Litsea cangyuanensis J. Li & H.W. Li
Litsea cauliflora (Moon) Trim.
Litsea chaffonjonii H. Lév.
Litsea chengshuzhii H.B. Cui
Litsea chinensis Lam.
Litsea chinpingensis Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang
Litsea chunii W.C. Cheng
Litsea cinerascens Ridley
Litsea citriodora (Siebold & Zucc.) Hatus.
Litsea clarissae (Teschner) Kosterm.
Litsea coelestis H.B. Cui
Litsea cordata (Jack) Hook. f.
Litsea costalis (Nees) Kosterm.
Litsea crassifolia (Blume) Boerl.
Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Pers. used for wood, medicine, and perfumes
Litsea curtisii Gamb.
Litsea depressa H.B. Cui
Litsea dilleniifolia P.Y. Pai & P.H. Huang
Litsea dunniana H. Lév.
Litsea elongata (Nees) Hook. f.
Litsea fawcettiana (F. Muell.) HYLAND
Litsea firma (Blume) Hook. f.
Litsea foveola Kosterm.
Litsea fulva (Blume) VILLAR
Litsea garciae Vidal
Litsea glaberrima (Thwaites) Trimen
Litsea glaucescens Kunth Mexican bay, used medicinally and as a condiment.^[3]
Litsea globosa Kosterm.
Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C.B. Rob. an Asian rainforest tree. Commonly called Lauat or Lawat in the Philippines.
Litsea gongshanensis H.W. Li
Litsea grandis (Nees) Hook. f.
Litsea greenmaniana C.K. Allen
Litsea guppyi (F. Muell.) F. Muell. ex Forman
Litsea hayatae Kaneh.
Litsea honghoensis H. Liu
Litsea hunanensis Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang
Litsea hupehana Hemsl.
Litsea hypophaea Hayata
Litsea ichangensis Gamble forms part of the summer diet for Rhinopithecus roxellana.
Litsea insignis (Blume) Boerl.
Litsea iteodaphne (Nees) Hook. f.
Litsea japonica (Thunb.) Jussieu
Litsea kingii Hook. f.
Litsea kobuskiana C.K. Allen
Litsea kwangsiensis Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang
Litsea kwangtungensis Hung T. Chang
Litsea laeta (Nees) Hook. f.
Litsea lancifolia (Roxb. ex Nees) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Villar
Litsea lancilimba Merr.
Litsea lanuginosa (Nees) Nees
Litsea leefeana (F. Muell.) Merr.
Litsea leiantha (Kurz) Hook. f.
Litsea liboshengii ( H.B. Cui
Litsea ligustrina ((Nees) Kosterm.
Litsea liyuyingii (H. Liu
Litsea longifolia ((Nees) Trimen
Litsea longipes ( (Meisn.) Hook. f.
Litsea longistaminata ((H. Liu) Kosterm.
Litsea luzonica ( (Blume) VILLAR
Litsea machiloides (Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang
Litsea mairei (H. Lév.
Litsea martabanica ((Kurz) Hook. f.
Litsea mishmiensis ( Hook. f.
Litsea mollis ((Blume) Boerl.
Litsea monopetala ((Roxb.) Pers.
Litsea morrisonensis (Hayata
Litsea moupinensis ( Lecomte
Litsea muelleri (Rehder
Litsea myricopsis (H. Lév.
Litsea myristicifolia (Nees) Hook. f.
Litsea neesiana (Schauer) Hemsl.
Litsea nemoralis (Thwaites) Trimen
Litsea nigricans (Meisn.) Boerl.
Litsea nitida (Roxb.) Hook. f.
Litsea nuculanea (Kurz) Hook. f.
Litsea oblonga (Nees) Hook. f.
Litsea oligophlebia Hung T. Chang
Litsea ovalifolia (Wight) Trimen
Litsea palmatinervia (Meisn.) Drake
Litsea panamanja (Buch.-Ham. ex Nees) Hook. f.
Litsea parvifolia (Hemsl.) Mez
Litsea pedunculata (Diels) Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang
Litsea penangiana Hook.f.
Litsea perrottetii (Blume) Fern.-Vill.
Litsea pierrei Lecomte
Litsea pittosporifolia Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang
Litsea populifolia (Hemsl.) Gamble
Litsea pseudoelongata H. Liu
Litsea pungens Hemsl.
Litsea rangoonensis (Meisn.) Hook. f.
Litsea reticulata (Meisn.) F. Muell. an Australian rainforest tree.
Litsea rotundifolia Hemsl.
Litsea rubescens Lecomte
Litsea salicifolia (Roxburgh ex Nees) Hook. f.
Litsea saligna (Nees) N.P. Balakr.
Litsea seemannii (Meisn.) Drake
Litsea semecarpifolia (Wall. ex Nees) Hook. f.
Litsea sericea (Wall. ex Nees) Hook. f.
Litsea sinoglobosa J. Li & H.W. Li
Litsea spathacea Gamble
Litsea subcoriacea Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang
Litsea suberosa Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang
Litsea subumbelliflora (Blume) Ng
Litsea szemaois (H. Liu) J. Li & H.W. Li
Litsea taronensis H.W. Li
Litsea tibetana Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang
Litsea tsinlingensis Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang
Litsea umbellata (Lour.) Merr.
Litsea utilis (Meisn.) Boerl.
Litsea vang Lecomte
Litsea variabilis Hemsl.
Litsea varians (Blume) Boerl.
Litsea veitchiana Gamble
Litsea velutina (Blume) Hook. f.
Litsea verticillata Hance
Litsea verticillifolia Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang
Litsea viridis H. Liu
Litsea vitiana (Meisn.) Drake
Litsea walkeri (Meisn.) Trimen
Litsea wightiana (Nees) Hook. f.
Litsea wilsonii Gamble
Litsea wrayi Gamble
Litsea yaoshanensis Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang
Litsea yunnanensis Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang

References

^ http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Lauraceae/Litsea/
^ ^a ^b Puhua Huang; Jie Li; Xi-wen Li; Henk van der Werff. "Flora of China online". {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-11. Retrieved 2011-09-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

[1] ttp://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Lauraceae/Litsea/

[FOC-2] Puhua Huang; Jie Li; Xi-wen Li; Henk van der Werff. "Flora of China online". {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)

[3] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-11. Retrieved 2011-09-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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