Contains 1 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Litsea Lam.
LITSEA
Classification
LAURALES
Litsea
Citation
LITSEA Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 574. 1791, nom. cons. vs. Malapoenna Adanson 1763.
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TYPE: Litsea chinensis Lamarck
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Litsea aestivalis PONDSPICE Native Endangered-State OBL (NWPL) OBL (DEP)
[Family identification key]

No identification key is available for this family.

Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Cylicodaphne Cylicodaphne C. Nees von Esenbeck, in Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 61, 67. 1831. TYPE: Cylicodaphne wightiana C. Nees von Esenbeck
Decapenta Decapenta Rafinesque, Sylva Tellur. 165. 1838, non Rafinesque 1834. TYPE: Decapenta involucrata (Retzius) Rafinesque (Laurus involucrata Retzius)
Fiwa Fiwa J. F. Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 2: 740, 745. 1791. TYPE: = Tomex Thunberg 1783, non Linnaeus 1753.
Heckeria Heckeria Rafinesque, Sylva Tellur. 165. 1838. TYPE: Heckeria glomerata Rafinesque, nom. illegit. (Tetranthera monopetala Roxburgh)
Hexanthus Hexanthus Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 189, 195. 1790. TYPE: Hexanthus umbellata Loureiro
Lepidadenia Lepidadenia C. Nees von Esenbeck, Edinburgh New Philos. J. 15: 379. 1833; Pl. Laur. Expos. 19. 1833. TYPE: Lepidadenia wightiana C. Nees von Esenbeck
Malapoenna Malapoenna Adanson, Fam. Pl. 2: 447, 573. 1763, nom. rej. vs. Litsea Lamarck 1791. TYPE: Darwinia quinqueflora Dennstedt
Pipalia Pipalia Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 456. 1812. TYPE: Pipalia solitaria Stokes
Sebifera Sebifera Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 602, 637. 1790. TYPE: Sebifera glutinosa Loureiro
Tetranthera Tetranthera Jacquin, Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 1: 59, pl. 113. 1797. TYPE: Tetranthera laurifolia Jacquin
Tomex Tomex Thunberg, Nov. Gen. Pl. 65. 1783, non Linnaeus 1753. TYPE: Tomex japonica Thunberg