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Lauraceae

Litsea

Litsea rangoonensis (Meisn.) Hook.f.

First published in Fl. Brit. India 5: 163 (1886)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Assam to Myanmar. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

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Native to:

Assam, Myanmar

Homotypic Synonyms

Tetranthera rangoonensis Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 187 (1864)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Malapoenna rangoonensis Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 573 (1891)
Tetranthera rangoonensis var. assamica Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 188 (1864)

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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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 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