Litchi Sonn.
First published in Voy. Indes Orient., ed. 2, 3: 255 (1782)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is SE. China to Malesia and New Guinea.
Distribution
Native to:
Assam, Borneo, China Southeast, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
Introduced into:
Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Mauritius, Réunion
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Scytalia Gaertn. in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 197 (1788), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Corvinia Stadtm. ex Willemet in Ann. Bot. (Usteri) 18: 28 (1796)
- Euphoria Comm. ex Juss. in Gen. Pl.: 248 (1789)
- Laetji Osbeck ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot. 1: 460 (1821), not validly publ.
Accepted Species
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8054] | Euphoria | K001132766 | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0