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Encycl. 3: 574. 1792, name conserved.
Etymology: Litsé, the Chinese name for the plant
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
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| − | --><span class="statement" id="st- | + | --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>[or trees], deciduous [or evergreen]. <b>Leaves</b> alternate, not aromatic. <b>Leaf</b> blade pinnately veined, rarely with 3 primary veins, leathery; surfaces glabrous or variously pubescent; domatia absent. <b>Inflorescences</b> appearing with or before new leaves, axillary, pseudoumbels, subtended by decussate bracts. <b>Flowers</b> unisexual, staminate and pistillate on different plants; tepals deciduous, yellow, green, or white, equal, glabrous. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: stamens 9 (or 12); anthers 4-locular, 4-valved, introrse. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: staminodes 9 (or 12); ovary globose. <b>Drupe</b> red, globose, seated in small, single-rimmed cupule.</span><!-- |
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| − | --><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> | + | --><p>Mexico has four species of <i>Litsea</i>, one of which extends to Costa Rica in Central America. <i>Litsea</i> merits revision and, as accepted here, it is probably polyphyletic. It is very similar to <i>Lindera</i> and best recognized by its 4-locular anthers (2-locular in <i>Lindera</i>).</p> |
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Latest revision as of 22:46, 5 November 2020
Shrubs [or trees], deciduous [or evergreen]. Leaves alternate, not aromatic. Leaf blade pinnately veined, rarely with 3 primary veins, leathery; surfaces glabrous or variously pubescent; domatia absent. Inflorescences appearing with or before new leaves, axillary, pseudoumbels, subtended by decussate bracts. Flowers unisexual, staminate and pistillate on different plants; tepals deciduous, yellow, green, or white, equal, glabrous. Staminate flowers: stamens 9 (or 12); anthers 4-locular, 4-valved, introrse. Pistillate flowers: staminodes 9 (or 12); ovary globose. Drupe red, globose, seated in small, single-rimmed cupule.
Distribution
North America, Mexico, Central America, mostly in Asia.
Discussion
Species ca. 400 (1 in the flora).
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).
Selected References
None.