Vasilis Teodoridis:
Lauraceae | Litsea
62. Litsea pseudoelongata H. Liu; Laurac. Chine & Indochine. 179. 1934.
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Litsea lii C. E. Chang; L. lii var. nunkaotahangensis (J. C. Liao) J. C. Liao; L. morrisonensis Hayata var. lii (C. E. Chang) S. S. Ying; L. nunkaotahangensis J. C. Liao.
Evergreen small trees; up to 10 m tall. Branchlets pubescent. Leaves alternate; petiole 5-9 mm; pubescent when young; leaf blade broadly linear; 7-12 x 1-2.5 cm; glaucous and sometimes ferruginous-yellow pubescent abaxially when young; glabrous adaxially; pinninerved; lateral veins 15-20 pairs; base acute and slightly decurrent; apex obtuse-acute. Umbels axillary; usually in cluster of 3-5 on short branchlets; male umbel 4-flowered; short branchlets 5-10 mm. Male flowers: pedicel short; pubescent; perianth segments 6; sometimes 4 or 8; ovate or elliptic; fertile stamens 9; filaments pubescent; of 3rd whorls each with 2 subsessile long ellipsoid glands at base; rudimentary pistil lacking. Fruit long ovoid; ca. 10 x 7-8 mm; acute at apex; seated on shallowly cup-shaped perianth tube; fruiting pedicel ca. 2 mm; pubescent. Fl. May-Jun; fr. Oct-Dec.
? Thickets; forests; 600-2400 m. S Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan; Taiwan.
According to the original descriptions and photographs of the types of Litsea lii and L. nunkaotahangensis; the two entities (except for the smaller fruits ca. 3 x 2.5 mm) are quite similar to L. pseudoelongata. Therefore; they have been reduced here to synonymy.