Lauraceae

Litsea Lam.

First published in Encycl. 3: 574 (1792)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & Subtropical Asia, Tropical & Subtropical America.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Costa Rica, East Himalaya, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala, Hainan, Honduras, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Malaya, Maluku, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Mexico, New South Wales, New Zealand North, Nicobar Is., Niue, North Carolina, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Solomon Is., South Carolina, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Virginia, West Himalaya, Western Australia

Introduced into:

Comoros, KwaZulu-Natal, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Réunion, Seychelles, Trinidad-Tobago

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

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?
Frodin, D.G. [2545], New Guinea 60071.000 No
Tsi, Z.H. [ASBK 46], China 61185.000 No
Frodin, D.G. [3473], New Guinea 63181.000 No
Utteridge, T.M.A. [321], New Guinea 70640.000 No
Walker, J.S. [DB075], Sulawesi 73969.000 No

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China

    • The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

  • 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

  • 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

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0