''Litsea'' is a genus of

evergreen In botany, an evergreen is a plant which has Leaf, foliage that remains green and functional throughout the year. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which lose their foliage completely during the winter or dry season. Consisting of many diffe ...

deciduous In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous () means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed Leaf, leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, aft ...

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

They are typically dioecious trees or shrubs. The

leaves A leaf (: leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally above ground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", while the leaves, stem, ...

can be either

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: *'' Litsea aban-gibotii'' *'' Litsea accedens'' *'' Litsea accedentoides'' *'' Litsea acrantha'' *'' Litsea acutivena'' *'' Litsea aestivalis'' *'' Litsea akoensis'' *'' Litsea alba'' *'' Litsea albayana'' *'' Litsea albescens'' *'' Litsea albicans'' *'' Litsea albida'' *'' Litsea alleniana'' *'' Litsea alveolata'' *'' Litsea amicorum'' *'' Litsea anamalayana'' *'' Litsea anamo'' *'' Litsea andreana'' *'' Litsea aneityensis'' *'' Litsea angulata'' *'' Litsea anomala'' *'' Litsea areolata'' *'' Litsea artocarpifolia'' *'' Litsea assamica'' *'' Litsea aurea'' *'' Litsea auricolor'' *'' Litsea auriculata'' *'' Litsea australis'' *'' Litsea bainingensis'' *'' Litsea balansae'' *'' Litsea banaensis'' *'' Litsea barringtonioides'' *'' Litsea baruringensis'' *'' Litsea baticulin'' *'' Litsea baviensis'' *'' Litsea beilschmiediifolia'' *'' Litsea bennettii'' *'' Litsea bernhardensis'' *'' Litsea beusekomii'' *'' Litsea biflora'' *'' Litsea bindoniana'' *'' Litsea boerlagei'' *'' Litsea borneensis'' *'' Litsea bourdillonii'' *'' Litsea brachypoda'' *'' Litsea brachystachya'' *'' Litsea brassii'' *'' Litsea brawas'' *'' Litsea brevipes'' *'' Litsea breviumbellata'' *'' Litsea brookeana'' *'' Litsea buinensis'' *'' Litsea burckelloides'' *'' Litsea calicaris'' *'' Litsea calophylla'' *'' Litsea calophyllantha'' *'' Litsea cambodiana'' *'' Litsea cangyuanensis'' *'' Litsea caroli'' *'' Litsea carrii'' *'' Litsea castanea'' *'' Litsea catubigensiskos'' *'' Litsea caulocarpa'' *'' Litsea ceramensis'' *'' Litsea chartacea'' *'' Litsea chengshuzhii'' *'' Litsea chewii'' *'' Litsea chinpingensis'' *'' Litsea chrysoneura'' *'' Litsea chrysophoena'' *'' Litsea chrysopleura'' *'' Litsea chunii'' *'' Litsea citronella'' *'' Litsea clarissae'' *'' Litsea clarkei'' *'' Litsea claviflora'' *'' Litsea clemensii'' *'' Litsea coelestis'' *'' Litsea collina'' *'' Litsea complanata'' *'' Litsea confusa'' *'' Litsea connorsii'' *'' Litsea cordata'' *'' Litsea coreana'' *'' Litsea coriacea'' *'' Litsea costalis'' *'' Litsea crassifolia'' *'' Litsea crebriflora'' *'' Litsea crenata'' *'' Litsea cubeba'' *'' Litsea cuprea'' *'' Litsea curtisii'' *'' Litsea cuspidata'' *'' Litsea cuttingiana'' *'' Litsea densiflora'' *'' Litsea deplanchei'' *'' Litsea depressa'' *'' Litsea dielsiana'' *'' Litsea dilleniifolia'' *'' Litsea diospyrifolia'' *'' Litsea discocalyx'' *'' Litsea diversifolia'' *'' Litsea domarensis'' *'' Litsea dorsalicana'' *'' Litsea doshia'' *'' Litsea dunniana'' *'' Litsea elliptica'' *'' Litsea ellipticibacca'' *'' Litsea elmeri'' *'' Litsea elmeriana'' *'' Litsea elongata'' *'' Litsea engleriana'' *'' Litsea erectinervia'' *'' Litsea eugenioides'' *'' Litsea exsudens'' *'' Litsea fenestrata'' *'' Litsea ferruginea'' *'' Litsea ficoidea'' *'' Litsea filipedunculata'' *'' Litsea flexuosa'' *'' Litsea floribunda'' *'' Litsea fluminensis'' *'' Litsea fo'' *'' Litsea formanii'' *'' Litsea forstenii'' *'' Litsea fosbergii'' *'' Litsea foveola'' *'' Litsea fulva'' *'' Litsea fulvosericea'' *'' Litsea garciae'' *'' Litsea gardneri'' *'' Litsea gemelliflora'' *'' Litsea ghatica'' *'' Litsea gigaphylla'' *'' Litsea gilgiana'' *'' Litsea glaberrima'' *'' Litsea glabrata'' *'' Litsea glabrifolia'' *'' Litsea glaucescens'' *'' Litsea globifera'' *'' Litsea globosa'' *'' Litsea globularia'' *'' Litsea glutinosa'' *'' Litsea gongshanensis'' *'' Litsea gorayana'' *'' Litsea gracilipes'' *'' Litsea grandifolia'' *'' Litsea grandis'' *'' Litsea granitica'' *'' Litsea grayana'' *'' Litsea greenmaniana'' *'' Litsea grisea'' *'' Litsea guppyi'' *'' Litsea habbemensis'' *'' Litsea hayatae'' *'' Litsea helferi'' *'' Litsea henricksonii'' *'' Litsea himalayensis'' *'' Litsea hirsutissima'' *'' Litsea hirta'' *'' Litsea honbaensis'' *'' Litsea honghoensis'' *'' Litsea hookeri'' *'' Litsea hornei'' *'' Litsea humboldtiana'' *'' Litsea hunanensis'' *'' Litsea hupehana'' *'' Litsea hutchinsonii'' *'' Litsea hypophaea'' *'' Litsea ichangensis'' *'' Litsea ilocana'' *'' Litsea imbricata'' *'' Litsea impressa'' *'' Litsea imthurnii'' *'' Litsea indoverticillata'' *'' Litsea insignis'' *'' Litsea intermedia'' *'' Litsea irianensis'' *'' Litsea iteodaphne'' *''

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'' *'' Litsea jaswirii'' *'' Litsea johorensis'' *'' Litsea kakkachensis'' *'' Litsea kauloensis'' *'' Litsea keralana'' *'' Litsea kerrii'' *'' Litsea kingii'' *'' Litsea kobuskiana'' *'' Litsea kurzii'' *'' Litsea kwangsiensis'' *'' Litsea kwangtungensis'' *'' Litsea laeta'' *'' Litsea laevifolia'' *'' Litsea laevigata'' *'' Litsea lanceolata'' *'' Litsea lancifolia'' *'' Litsea lancilimba'' *'' Litsea lecardii'' *'' Litsea ledermannii'' *'' Litsea leefeana'' *'' Litsea leiantha'' *'' Litsea leytensis'' *'' Litsea liboshengii'' *'' Litsea ligustrina'' *'' Litsea lithocarpoides'' *'' Litsea litseifolia'' *'' Litsea longepedunculata'' *'' Litsea longipedicellata'' *'' Litsea longipes'' *'' Litsea luzonica'' *'' Litsea machilifolia'' *'' Litsea machiloides'' *'' Litsea mafuluensis'' *''

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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2261537 Lauraceae genera Dioecious plants Flora of the Australasian realm Flora of the Indomalayan realm Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck