Litsea wightiana

Litsea wightiana

Litsea wightiana

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 wightiana

Name

Litsea wightiana (Nees) Wall. ex Hook.f., 1880

Synonyms

• Cylicodaphne wightiana Nees, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. 2: 68 (1831)
• Malapoenna wightiana (Wall. ex Nees) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. 573 (1891)
• Tetranthera wightiana Wall., Numer. List no. 2557 (1830)
• Tetranthera wightii Wall. ex Nees, Syst. Laurin. 523 (1836)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Indian subcontinent W. India. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hooker, J.D. (ed.) 1886–1887. Hooker's Icones Plantarum, or Figures, with Descriptive Characters and Remarks, of New and Rare Plants, Selected from the Kew Herbarium. Vol. 17 (= Third series, Vol. 7): pls. 1601–1700. London: William & Norgate. BHL Reference page. :

Additional references

• Kress, W.J.E., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E.R. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. 2003. A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar (Revised from the original works by J. H. Lace, R. Rodger, H. G. Hundley, and U Chit Ko Ko on the "List of Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Principal Climbers, etc. Recorded from Burma"). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1–590. Smithsonian Institution. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 
• Srinivas, S.G. & Krishnamurthy, Y.L. 2016. Taxonomy and distribution of genus Litsea Lam (Lauraceae) in Western Ghats of Karnataka, India Journal of the Indian Botanical Society 95: 169–182. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Litsea wightiana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 21. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Litsea wightiana. 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 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Litsea wightiana. Published online. Accessed: June 21 2022.

Vernacular names

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