Litsea cubeba

Litsea cubeba

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 cubeba
Varieties: L. c. var. cubeba – L. c. var. formosana

Name

Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Pers., Syn. pl. 2(1):4. (1806)

Synonyms

• Benzoin cubeba (Lour.) Hatus., Forest Exp. Rec. 3: 90 (1933)
• Cubeba pipereta Raf.
• Daphnidium cubeba (Lour.) Nees, Syst. Laurin. 615 (1836)
• Laurus cubeba Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 1: 252-253 (1790)
• Malapoenna cubeba (Lour.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. 572 (1891)
• Persea cubeba (Lour.) Spreng., Syst. 2: 269 (1825)
• Tetranthera cubeba (Lour.) Kostel., Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 2: 479 (1831)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Indian subcontinent Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Nepal, Tibet Regional: China China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Taiwan Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Nansei-shoto Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Southeastern Asia Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Persoon, C.H. 1806–1807. Synopsis plantarum, seu enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum. Pars secunda. 657 pp. Apud Bibliopolas Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis Lutetiorum [Paris]; Apud J. G. Cottam, Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 2: 4

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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Litsea cubeba in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 20. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Litsea cubeba. 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 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Litsea cubeba. Published online. Accessed: June 20 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Litsea cubeba in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

مصرى: ليتسى كوبيبا
日本語: アオモジ
한국어: 산계초
русский: Лицея кубеба
Tiếng Việt: Màng tang
中文: 山蒼樹

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