Litsea

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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 Asia, Australasia, the western Pacific, and North and Central America.[1]

Characteristics

Litsea japonica

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.[2] 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.[2]

Selected species

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References

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  1. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Litsea Lam". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Puhua Huang; Jie Li; Xi-wen Li & Henk van der Werff. "Flora of China online".

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