Litsea umbellata

Litsea umbellata

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 umbellata

Name

Litsea umbellata (Lour.) Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. 14(2): 242 (1919)

Synonyms

• Hexanthus umbellatus Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 1: 196 (1790)
• Laurus fruticosa Reinw. ex Nees, Syst. Laurin. 543 (1836)
• Litsea amara Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 11: 563 (1825)
• Litsea cinerascens Ridl.
• Litsea cylindrocarpa Gamble
• Litsea firma (Blume) Hook.f.
• Litsea gracilis Gamble
• Litsea hexantha Juss., Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 6: 212 (1805)
• Malapoenna amara Kuntze, Revis. Gen. 572 (1891)
• Malapoenna firma (Blume) Kuntze
• Malapoenna umbellata (Lour.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. 571 (1891)
• Tetranthera acuminatissima Blume, Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 1: 381 (1851)
• Tetranthera amara Nees, Syst. Laur. 551 (1836)
• Tetranthera angusta Wall., Numer. List no. 6344 (1830)
• Tetranthera capitulata Miq., Pl. Jungh. 182 (1852)
• Tetranthera faginea Miq., Pl. Jungh. 181 (1852)
• Tetranthera fruticosa Nees, Syst. Laurin. 543 (1836)
• Tetranthera firma Blume
• Tetranthera merawas Miq.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-central (Yunnan), China Southeast (Guangxi). Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Bangladesh. Regional: Indo-China Andaman Is., Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is. (Bali), Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore), Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera. Regional: Papuasia New Guinea. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Merrill, E.D. 1919. Notes on the flora of Sumatra. The Philippine Journal of Science 14(2): 239–250. 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. 
• Huang, P.-h., Li, J., Li, X.-w. & van der Werff, H. 2008. Litsea umbellata. Pp. 120, 131 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. 
• Girmansyah, D. et al. (eds.) 2013. Flora of Bali: An Annotated Checklist. 158 pp. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia. ISBN 9789794618523 Reference page. 
• Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. 2013. Dictionary of Plant Names of Bangladesh (Vascular Plants). 434 pp. Chittagong, Bangladesh: Janokalyan Prokashani. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2022. Litsea umbellata. 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 umbellata. Published online. Accessed: June 21 2022.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Litsea umbellata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 January 11. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

ไทย: ฟันปลา (Thai Plant Names)
Tiếng Việt: Mò Lông
中文: 伞花木姜子

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