Litsea acutivena

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lauraceae
Tribus: Cinnamomeae
Genus: Litsea
Species: Litsea acutivena

Name

Litsea acutivena Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 5: 163 (–165; fig. 58d) (1915)

• Note: de Kok, IUCN Red List Threatened Species (2021) places this name under L. elongata (Nees) Hook.f., depending on BGCI, GlobalTreeSearch online database (2019).
• Typus: B. Hayata & S. Sasaki s.n. (in flower, January 1912; Holotypus ('Lectotypus'): TI [​02496 (T00243)^(TAI)]).
• Type locality: Formosa [= Taiwan]. Mt. Arisan [= Alishan].

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Tetradenia acutivena Makino & Nemoto, Fl. Japan. ed. 2 (Makino & Nemoto): 373 (1931)
  • Actinidaphne acutivena (Hayata) Nakai, J. Jap. Bot. 14(3): 191 (1938)
  • Litsea elongata (Nees) Hook.f. var. acutivena (Hayata) S.S.Ying, Coloured Ill. Fl. Taiwan 1: 285 (1985) et in Mem. Coll. Agric. Nation. Taiwan Univ. 25(1): 99 (April 1985); not accepted by Huang et al. (2008) [cited as L. acutivena]
• Heterotypic
  • Litsea nakaii Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 5: 168, fig. 58c (1915)
    • Typus: S. Nakai s.n. (in fruit, [11] December 1912; Holotypus: TI [​02513 (T00260)^(TAI)]).
    • Type locality: Formosa [= Taiwan]. Taitō [= Taitung]: 'Aratraransha'.
  • Tetradenia nakaii (Hayata) Makino & Nemoto, Fl. Japan., ed. 2 (Makino & Nemoto): 375 (1931)
  • Litsea naufoensis Hayata ex Kamik., Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 25(142): 240 (1935), pro syn. sub Litsea dolichocarpa Hayata
    • Note: at that time, L. acutivena was also placed under L. dolichocarpa [= Actinodaphne acuminata (Blume) Meisn.].
  • Actinodaphne nakaii (Hayata) Tang S.Liu & J.C.Liao, Sci. Ann. Taiwan Mus. 14: 7 (1971); not accepted by Huang et al. (2008) [cited as Litsea acutivena]

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central (Guizhou), Hainan, China Southeast (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi). Regional: Eastern Asia Taiwan. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indo-China Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hayata, B. 1915. Icones plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam. Vol. 5. 358 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Makino, T. & Nemoto, K. 1931. Flora of Japan (ed. 2). [訂正增補 日本植物總覽]. 1936 + 3 pp. Tokyo: Shun'yōdō Publishing. (Japanese) DOI: 10.11501/1235411 . Reference page. 
• Kamikoti, S. 1935. Mitteilungen uber einige japanischen Laurazeen. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa 25(142): 240–241. NDL Digital Collections . Reference page. 
• Nakai, T. 1938. 我邦ノ樟科ノ Litseæ 族植物ニ就イテ [On the Japanese Species of the tribe Litseæ of Lauraceae]. Journal of Japanese Botany 14(3): 177–196. (Japanese) DOI: 10.51033/jjapbot.14_3_2064 . Reference page. 
• Huang, P.-h., Li, J., Li, X.-w. & van der Werff, H. 2008. Litsea acutivena. Pp. 122, 140 in Wu, Zh.Y. , Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.-Y. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 7: Menispermaceae through Capparaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 978-1-930723-81-8. efloras Reference page. 

Links

• BGCI. 2024. BGCI PlantSearch. Accessed: 5 January 2024.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Litsea acutivena in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 January 5. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Litsea acutivena. Published online. Accessed: 5 January 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Litsea acutivena. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 January 2024.
• Yonekura, K. & Kajita, T. (2003 onwards) YList – index for Japanese-scientific plant names (「植物和名ー学名インデックス). Published on Internet. Accessed: 2024 January 5

Vernacular names

日本語: アリサンクロモジ
中文（臺灣）: 銳脈木薑子
中文: 尖叶木姜子