Litsea

Litsea
Litsea japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Litsea
Lam.
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
List
    • Adenodaphne S.Moore
    • 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 Asia, Australasia, the western Pacific, and North and Central America.[1]

Characteristics

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]

Selected species

Main article: List of Litsea species

References

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  1. ^ a b "Litsea Lam". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b Puhua Huang; Jie Li; Xi-wen Li & Henk van der Werff. "Flora of China online".
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