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Litsea Lam.

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Litsea Lam., Encycl. Suppl. 3. 574 (1789)
Litsea Lam.
Names_Fungi record source Litsea

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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Lam.
Lam.
Lamarck, J.B.A.P. de 1789: Encyclopedie Methodique. Botanique. Supplement 3. Paris.
1789
574
conserved
ICN
Litsea Lam.
genus
Litsea

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Laurales
Lauraceae
Litsea

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Litsea Lam.

Fls in small umbels, enclosed before anthesis by 4-6 involucral scales; per. us. 4-6-lobed. ♂ with 9-12 stamens and abortive ovary; anthers 4-celled; inner row of filaments glandular at base. ♀ bearing staminodes; stigma us. dilated and irregularly lobed. Fr. drupaceous, seated in persistent, us. enlarged per. tube. About 180 spp., mostly tropical, of dioec. trees or shrubs with opp., rarely alt., lvs.

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Litsea Lam.
Litsea Lam.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Litsea Lam.
Litsea Lam.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Lauraceae Juss.
Litsea Lam.
Litsea
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Litsea Lam.
Lauraceae Juss.
Tetranthera Jacq.
Tetranthera Jacq.
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Litsea Lam.
Lauraceae Juss.

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Litsea Lam.
Australia
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Litsea Lam.
New Caledonia
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c30621f0-ca3c-4188-8747-454eb4d33666
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
30 March 2007
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