Litsea aestivalis

Litsea aestivalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Laurales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Magnoliids Ordo: Laurales

Familia: Lauraceae
Tribus: Laureae
Genus: Litsea
Species: Litsea aestivalis

Name

Litsea aestivalis (L.) Fernald, 1945

Synonyms

• Glabraria geniculata (Walter) Britton, Britton & Brown, Ill. Fl. Ed. 2, 2: 135 (1913)
• Laurus aestivalis L., Sp. Pl. 1: 370 (1753)
• Laurus geniculata Walter, Fl. Carol. 133 (1788)
• Laurus glomerata Lam., Encyc. 3: 452 (1792)
• Lindera benzoin var. aestivalis (L.) Meisn.
• Litsea geniculata Benth. & Hook.fil., Gen. 3: 162
• Litsea geniculata Mez, Jahrb. bot. Gart. Berlin, 5: 476 (1889)
• Malapoenna geniculata (Walter) Coult, Mem. Torr. Bot. Club, 5: 164 (1894)
• Tetranthera geniculata (Walter) Nees, Syst. Laurin. 567 (1836)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern USA USA (Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fernald, M.L., 1945. Rhodora; Journal of the New England Botanical Club. Cambridge, MA 47:140.

Additional references

• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997). Flora of North America North of Mexico 3: 1-590. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Litsea aestivalis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 19. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Litsea aestivalis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Litsea aestivalis. Published online. Accessed: June 19 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Litsea aestivalis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Cebuano: bakan
English: pondspice

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