Lauraceae
Litsea

Litsea ovalifolia (Wight) Trimen

First published in Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon: 76 (1885)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Sri Lanka. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Sri Lanka

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1995). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 9: 1-482. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1995). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 9: 1-482. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Walker, G.W. [71], Sri Lanka K000793232 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000793233 Yes
Thwaites, G.H.K. [167], Sri Lanka K000793234 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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

    • Copyright applied to individual images