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Lauraceae

Litsea

Litsea japonica (Thunb.) Juss.

First published in Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 3: 73 (1801)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is S. Korea, S. Central & S. Japan to Nansei-shoto. It is a tree and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution
Synonyms
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Other data

Native to:

Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto

Homotypic Synonyms

Fiwa japonica (Thunb.) J.F.Gmel. in Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 745 (1791)
Malapoenna japonica (Thunb.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 572 (1891)
Tetradenia japonica (Thunb.) Makino & Nemoto in Fl. Japan, ed. 2: 375 (1931)
Tetranthera japonica (Thunb.) F.Dietr. in Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 9: 47 (1823)
Tomex japonica Thunb. in Nov. Gen. Pl.: 64 (1783)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Litsea thunbergii Siebold in Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 12: 24 (1830), nom. nud.

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
Flora of Korea editorial committee (2017). Flora of Korea 2a: 1-130. National institute of biological resources Ministry of Environment, Korea.
Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Japan IIa: 1-550. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
Rodrigues de Moraes, P.L. (2013). The collections of Lauraceae in the herbarium of Henri Van Heurck (AWH). Plant ecology and evolution 146: 360-383.

Kew Backbone Distributions

Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2006). Flora of Japan IIa: 1-550. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

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 2023 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 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Science Photographs
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