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The genus Litsea is in the family Lauraceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Litsea

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Litsea accedens (Blume) Boerl.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea acuminata (Teschner) Kosterm.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea acutivena Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Litsea aestivalis (L.) Fernald	Accepted		TRO
Litsea akoensis Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Litsea albescens (Hook. f.) D.G. Long	Accepted		TRO
Litsea albicans (Kurz) Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea ambigua (Blume) Boerl.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea apetala (Roxb.) Pers.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea auriculata S.S. Chien & W.C. Cheng	Accepted		TRO
Litsea balansae Lecomte	Accepted		TRO
Litsea baviensis Lecomte	Accepted		TRO
Litsea beilschmiediifolia H.W. Li	Accepted		TRO
Litsea biflora H.B. Cui	Accepted		TRO
Litsea bindoniana (F. Muell.) F. Muell.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea borneensis (Meisn.) Boerl.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea calicaris (Sol. ex A. Cunn.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Kirk	Accepted		TRO
Litsea cangyuanensis J. Li & H.W. Li	Accepted		TRO
Litsea cauliflora (Moon) Trim.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea chaffonjonii H. Lév.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea chengshuzhii H.B. Cui	Accepted		TRO
Litsea chinensis Lam.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea chinpingensis Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Litsea chunii W.C. Cheng	Accepted		TRO
Litsea citriodora (Siebold & Zucc.) Hatus.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea clarissae (Teschner) Kosterm.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea coelestis H.B. Cui	Accepted		TRO
Litsea cordata (Jack) Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea costalis (Nees) Kosterm.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea crassifolia (Blume) Boerl.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Pers.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea depressa H.B. Cui	Accepted		TRO
Litsea dilleniifolia P.Y. Pai & P.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Litsea dunniana H. Lév.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea elongata (Nees) Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea fawcettiana (F. Muell.) HYLAND	Accepted		TRO
Litsea firma (Blume) Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea foveola Kosterm.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea fulva (Blume) VILLAR	Accepted		TRO
Litsea garciae Vidal	Accepted		TRO
Litsea glaberrima (Thwaites) Trimen	Accepted		TRO
Litsea glaucescens Kunth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Litsea globosa Kosterm.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C.B. Rob.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea gongshanensis H.W. Li	Accepted		TRO
Litsea grandis (Nees) Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea greenmaniana C.K. Allen	Accepted		TRO
Litsea guppyi (F. Muell.) F. Muell. ex Forman	Accepted		TRO
Litsea hayatae Kaneh.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea honghoensis H. Liu	Accepted		TRO
Litsea hunanensis Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Litsea hupehana Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea hypophaea Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Litsea ichangensis Gamble	Accepted		TRO
Litsea insignis (Blume) Boerl.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea iteodaphne (Nees) Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea japonica (Thunb.) Jussieu	Accepted		TRO
Litsea kingii Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea kobuskiana C.K. Allen	Accepted		TRO
Litsea kwangsiensis Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Litsea kwangtungensis Hung T. Chang	Accepted		TRO
Litsea laeta (Nees) Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea lancifolia (Roxb. ex Nees) Benth. & Hook. f. ex Villar	Accepted		TRO
Litsea lancilimba Merr.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea lanuginosa (Nees) Nees	Accepted		TRO
Litsea leefeana (F. Muell.) Merr.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea leiantha (Kurz) Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea liboshengii H.B. Cui	Accepted		TRO
Litsea ligustrina (Nees) Kosterm.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea liyuyingii H. Liu	Accepted		TRO
Litsea longifolia (Nees) Trimen	Accepted		TRO
Litsea longipes (Meisn.) Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea longistaminata (H. Liu) Kosterm.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea luzonica (Blume) VILLAR	Accepted		TRO
Litsea machiloides Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Litsea mairei H. Lév.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea martabanica (Kurz) Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea mishmiensis Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea mollis (Blume) Boerl.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea monopetala (Roxb.) Pers.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea morrisonensis Hayata	Accepted		TRO
Litsea moupinensis Lecomte	Accepted		TRO
Litsea muelleri Rehder	Accepted		TRO
Litsea myricopsis H. Lév.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea myristicifolia (Nees) Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea neesiana (Schauer) Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea nemoralis (Thwaites) Trimen	Accepted		TRO
Litsea nigricans (Meisn.) Boerl.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea nitida (Roxb.) Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea nuculanea (Kurz) Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea oblonga (Nees) Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea oligophlebia Hung T. Chang	Accepted		TRO
Litsea ovalifolia (Wight) Trimen	Accepted		TRO
Litsea palmatinervia (Meisn.) Drake	Accepted		TRO
Litsea panamanja (Buch.-Ham. ex Nees) Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea parvifolia (Hemsl.) Mez	Accepted		TRO
Litsea pedunculata (Diels) Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Litsea perrottetii (Blume) Fern.-Vill.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea pierrei Lecomte	Accepted		TRO
Litsea pittosporifolia Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Litsea populifolia (Hemsl.) Gamble	Accepted		TRO
Litsea pseudoelongata H. Liu	Accepted		TRO
Litsea pungens Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea rangoonensis (Meisn.) Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea reticulata (Meisn.) F. Muell.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea rotundifolia Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea rubescens Lecomte	Accepted		TRO
Litsea salicifolia (Roxburgh ex Nees) Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea saligna (Nees) N.P. Balakr.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea seemannii (Meisn.) Drake	Accepted		TRO
Litsea semecarpifolia (Wall. ex Nees) Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea sericea (Wall. ex Nees) Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea sinoglobosa J. Li & H.W. Li	Accepted		TRO
Litsea subcoriacea Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Litsea suberosa Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Litsea subumbelliflora (Blume) Ng	Accepted		TRO
Litsea szemaois (H. Liu) J. Li & H.W. Li	Accepted		TRO
Litsea taronensis H.W. Li	Accepted		TRO
Litsea tibetana Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Litsea tsinlingensis Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Litsea umbellata (Lour.) Merr.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea utilis (Meisn.) Boerl.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea vang Lecomte	Accepted		TRO
Litsea variabilis Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea varians (Blume) Boerl.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea veitchiana Gamble	Accepted		TRO
Litsea velutina (Blume) Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea verticillata Hance	Accepted		TRO
Litsea verticillifolia Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Litsea viridis H. Liu	Accepted		TRO
Litsea vitiana (Meisn.) Drake	Accepted		TRO
Litsea walkeri (Meisn.) Trimen	Accepted		TRO
Litsea wightiana (Nees) Hook. f.	Accepted		TRO
Litsea wilsonii Gamble	Accepted		TRO
Litsea yaoshanensis Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO
Litsea yunnanensis Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang	Accepted		TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 649 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Litsea. Of these 136 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 86 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Litsea. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 649 species names for the genus Litsea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	136	21.0%
◕	Synonym	126	19.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	387	59.6%

All names

The status of the 735 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Litsea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	172	23.4%
◕	Synonym	173	23.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	390	53.1%

The confidence with which the status of the 649 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Litsea, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	128	114	0	0	242	37.3%
	Low confidence	8	12	0	387	407	62.7%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Litsea, are as follows: