Neolitsea ovatifolia

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lauraceae
Tribus: Laureae
Genus: Neolitsea
Species: Neolitsea ovatifolia

Name

Neolitsea ovatifolia Yen C.Yang & P.H.Huang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(4): 44, fig. 5 (1978)

Synonyms

• Neolitsea phanerophlebia Merr. f. glabra H.Liu, Laurac. Chine & Indochine: 149 (1932 publ. 1934); not accepted by Yang & Huang in Yang et al. (1978) and Huang & van der Werff (2008) [cited as N. ovatifolia]
  • Type: Huang or Wang 3221 (20 August 1929; A 00041994^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, IBK [IBK00190309 (98878)^(CVH), collected by Zhi Huang (黄志)], IBSC; Isotype: NY [​NY00355538^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]).
    • Note: identity of the collector varies by workers: 'C. Wang' (Allen 1938: 430); '黄荣焜' [​Rong-kun Huang] (Yang et al. 1978).
  • Type locality: China. Guangdong: Dabu County.
• Heterotypic
  • Neolitsea ovatifolia var. puberula Yen C.Yang & P.H.Huang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(4): 44 (1978); not accepted by Huang & van der Werff (2008) [cited as N. ovatifolia]
    • Type: P.I Mao 03875 ([18 April 1954]; Holotype: IBSC {cf. 0000442^{(GBIF, NSII)}; 0073470^(CVH) [determined with N. homilantha C.K.Allen by S.Q. Chen]}; Isotype: KUN 1203044 (0108308)^(CVH); cf. PE 00836595 (0578128)^(CVH) [determined with Neolitsea sp. by Yong Yang on 15 June 2005], SZ 00166823^{(CVH, GBIF, NSII)}).
    • Type locality: China. 云南 [= Yunnan]: 屏边 [= Pingbian Miao Autonomous County].

Misapplied names

• Neolitsea ellipsoidea auct. non C.K.Allen: C.K.Allen, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 25: 428 (1938), pro parte quoad specim. F.C. How 73420
  • Note: vide Yang et al. (1978).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: China China South-Central (Yunnan), Hainan, China Southeast (Guangdong, Guangxi). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Yang, Y.C., Huang, P.H., Tsui, H.P., Li, H.W. & Pai, P.Y. 1978. Materiae ad Floram Lauracearum Sinicarum (II). Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 16(4): 38–69. PDF download Reference page. 

Additional references

• Liou, H. 1932[1934]. Lauracées de Chine et d'Indochine: contribution à l'étude systématique et phytogéographique. 226 pp. Paris: Hermann & C^1e, Éditeurs. (French) Google Books (only snippets available). Reference page. 
• Allen, C.K. 1938. Studies in the Lauraceae. I. Chinese and Indo-Chinese Species of Litsea, Neolitsea, and Actinodaphne. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 25:361-434. BHL Reference page. 
• Huang, P.-h & van der Werff, H. 2008. Neolitsea ovatifolia. Pp. 106, 115 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

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Neolitsea ovatifolia. Accessed: 2024 January 3.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Neolitsea ovatifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 January 3. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Neolitsea ovatifolia. Published online. Accessed: 3 January 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2024. Neolitsea ovatifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 January 2024.

Vernacular names

中文: 卵叶新木姜子