Litsea

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Genus of flowering plants

title: "Litsea" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["litsea", "lauraceae-genera", "dioecious-plants", "flora-of-the-australasian-realm", "flora-of-the-indomalayan-realm", "taxa-named-by-jean-baptiste-lamarck"] description: "Genus of flowering plants" topic_path: "general/litsea" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litsea" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of flowering plants ::

|image = Litsea japonica HabitusFlowers BotGard0906b.JPG |image_caption = Litsea japonica |taxon = Litsea |authority = Lam. |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text |synonyms = {{collapsible list |

  • Adenodaphne S.Moore
  • Bistania Noronha
  • Cubeba Raf.
  • Cylicodaphne Nees
  • Darwinia Dennst.
  • Decapenta Raf.
  • Dipliathus Raf.
  • Fiwa J.F.Gmel.
  • Heckeria Raf.
  • Hexanthus Lour.
  • Iozoste Nees
  • Iteadaphne Blume
  • Lepidadenia Nees
  • Malapoenna Adans.
  • Pipalia Stokes
  • Pseudolitsea Y.C.Yang
  • Quinquedula Noronha
  • Sebifera Lour.
  • Tetranthera Jacq.
  • Tomex Thunb. |synonyms_ref =

Litsea is a genus of evergreen or deciduous trees or shrubs belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae. The genus includes a large number of accepted species in tropical and subtropical areas of North America and Asia.

Characteristics

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They are typically dioecious trees or shrubs. The leaves can be either deciduous or evergreen depending on species, and aromatic. They have leaves alternate or opposite or in whorls. The inconspicuous flowers range from greenish to white, greenish-yellow, to yellowish. The inflorescences are pseudo-umbels, flat-topped or rounded flower clusters, each pseudo-umbel with an involucre of four or six decussate bracts.

Species

Currently accepted species include:

References

References

  1. . (2024). ["''Litsea'' Lam."](http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331725-2). *Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew*.
  2. "Flora of China online".

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