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You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Litsea |accepted_authority=Lamarck |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Encycl. |place=3: 574. 1792, name conserved }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Lauraceae;Litsea |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Lauraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Litsea]]</div></div> |etymology=Litsé, the Chinese name for the plant |volume=Volume 3 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Shrubs </b>[or trees], deciduous [or evergreen].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf odor"><b>Leaves </b>alternate, not aromatic.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf-blade architecture;leaf-blade texture;primary-vein quantity"><b>Leaf-</b>blade pinnately veined, rarely with 3 primary-veins, leathery;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="surface pubescence;surface pubescence">surfaces glabrous or variously pubescent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="domatium presence">domatia absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position;leaf life cycle;bract arrangement"><b>Inflorescences </b>appearing with or before new leaves, axillary, pseudoumbels, subtended by decussate bracts.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower architecture;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>unisexual, staminate and pistillate on different plants;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="tepal duration;tepal coloration;tepal coloration;tepal coloration;tepal coloration;tepal coloration;tepal variability;tepal pubescence">tepals deciduous, yellow, green, or white, equal, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower architecture;stamen quantity"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: stamens 9 (or 12);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower architecture;anther architecture or structure in adjective form;anther architecture;anther dehiscence">anthers 4-locular, 4-valved, introrse.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="flower architecture;staminode quantity"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers: staminodes 9 (or 12);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower architecture;ovary shape">ovary globose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="drupe coloration;drupe shape;drupe location;cupule size;cupule relief"><b>Drupe </b>red, globose, seated in small, single-rimmed cupule.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;Mexico;Central America;mostly in Asia |discussion=<p>Species ca. 400 (1 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Mexico has four species of Litsea, one of which extends to Costa Rica in Central America. Litsea merits revision and, as accepted here, it is probably polyphyletic. It is very similar to Lindera and best recognized by its 4-locular anthers (2-locular in Lindera).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Litsea |author=Henk van der Werff |authority=Lamarck |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Lauraceae |distribution=North America;Mexico;Central America;mostly in Asia |reference=None |publication title=Encycl. |publication year= |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V3/V3_1116.xml |genus=Litsea |anther architecture=4-valved |anther architecture or structure in adjective form=4-locular |anther dehiscence=introrse |bract arrangement=decussate |cupule relief=single-rimmed |cupule size=small |domatium presence=absent |drupe coloration=red |drupe location=seated |drupe shape=globose |flower architecture=pistillate;pistillate;staminate;staminate;pistillate;staminate |flower reproduction=unisexual |inflorescence position=axillary |leaf arrangement=alternate |leaf life cycle=new |leaf odor=not aromatic |leaf-blade architecture=veined |leaf-blade texture=leathery |ovary shape=globose |primary-vein quantity=3 |stamen quantity=9 |staminode quantity=9 |surface pubescence=pubescent;glabrous |tepal coloration=white;green;white;green;yellow |tepal duration=deciduous |tepal pubescence=glabrous |tepal variability=equal |whole_organism duration=deciduous |whole_organism growth form=shrub }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Lauraceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Lauraceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Litsea.