Litsea

Litsea
Litsea japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Litsea
Lam.
Species
136
Synonyms

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

Litsea japonica

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 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 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 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 Rhinopithicus 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 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 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 yaoshanensis Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang
  • Litsea yunnanensis Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang

References

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  1. ↑ http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Lauraceae/Litsea/
  2. 1 2 Puhua Huang; Jie Li; Xi-wen Li & Henk van der Werff. "Flora of China online".
  3. ↑ http://www.herbsociety.org/factsheets/Bay%20Guide.pdf
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