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*''[[Litsea garciae]] '' <small>Vidal </small> |
*''[[Litsea garciae]] '' <small>Vidal </small> |
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*''[[Litsea glaberrima]]'' <small> (Thwaites) Trimen </small> |
*''[[Litsea glaberrima]]'' <small> (Thwaites) Trimen </small> |
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*''[[Litsea glaucescens]]'' <small> Kunth </small> Mexican bay, used medicinally and as a condiment.<ref>http://www.herbsociety.org/factsheets/Bay%20Guide.pdf</ref> |
*''[[Litsea glaucescens]]'' <small> Kunth </small> Mexican bay, used medicinally and as a condiment.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.herbsociety.org/factsheets/Bay%20Guide.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-09-22 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911032351/http://www.herbsociety.org/factsheets/Bay%20Guide.pdf |archivedate=2011-09-11 |df= }}</ref> |
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*''[[Litsea globosa]]'' <small> Kosterm. </small> |
*''[[Litsea globosa]]'' <small> Kosterm. </small> |
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*''[[Litsea glutinosa]] '' <small>(Lour.) C.B. Rob. </small> an [[Asia]]n [[rainforest]] tree. Commonly called ''Lauat'' or ''Lawat'' in the [[Philippines]]. |
*''[[Litsea glutinosa]] '' <small>(Lour.) C.B. Rob. </small> an [[Asia]]n [[rainforest]] tree. Commonly called ''Lauat'' or ''Lawat'' in the [[Philippines]]. |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Litsea Lam. |
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Litsea is a genus of evergreen or deciduous trees or shrubs belonging to the Laurel family, Lauraceae. The genus includes 136 accepted species in tropical and subtropical areas of both hemispheres.[1]
Trees or shrubs, dioecious. The leaves can be either deciduous or evergreen depending on species, and aromatic. The flowers are from greenish to white, greenish-yellow, yellowish.
Characteristics
The genus includes species of trees, and shrubs, with evergreen or deciduous foliage and inconspicuous flowers.
They have leaves alternate or opposite or in whorls.[2] The inflorescences are pseudo-umbels, flat-topped or rounded flower clusters, each pseudo-umbel with an involucre of four or six decussate bracts.[2]
Accepted Species
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References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Litsea.
- ^ http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Lauraceae/Litsea/
- ^ a b Puhua Huang; Jie Li; Xi-wen Li; Henk van der Werff. "Flora of China online".
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