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Genus: Litchi
Family: Sapindaceae subfamily: Sapindoideae.
Nomen number: 22399
Place of publication: Voy. Indes orient. 3:255. 1782
Name verified on: 01-Nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 17-Oct-1995
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Hilo (HILO). Alternate site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA).
Accessions:
85 in National Plant Germplasm System.
Check PlantSearch
database of Botanic Gardens
Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.
See also subordinate taxa:
- leechee (Source: Dict Rehm
) – English
- litchi (Source: World Econ Pl
) – English
- lychee (Source: World Econ Pl
) – English
- cerisier de Chine (Source: Dict Rehm
) – French
- litchi de Chine (Source: Hort Rev
16:144.) – French
- Litchi (Source: S. Reichel, p.c.) – German
- Litchibaum (Source: Dict Rehm
) – German
- Litchipflanze (Source: S. Reichel, p.c.) – German
- lici (Source: Hort Rev
16:144.) – Italian
- litchia (Source: Hort Rev
16:144.) – Portuguese
- lichia (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
- litchi (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn
) – Swedish
- alupag (Source: Pl Res SEAs
) – unknown [Litchi chinensis subsp. philippinensis]
- More:
- More:
Native:
- ASIA-TROPICAL
Indo-China: Cambodia [probably native]; Vietnam [n. (probably native)]
Malesia: Philippines
Cultivated:
- Blumea
24:398.
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson.
2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
- Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
- Fosberg, F. R. et al.
1979–1982. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae.
- Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
[re. Brazilian common names].
- Hackett, C. & J. Carolane.
1982. Edible Horticultural Crops.
- Leenhouts, P. W.
1971. A revision of Dimocarpus (Sapindaceae).
Blumea
19:129.
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
- Luna, R. K.
1996. Plantation trees.
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
- Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
- Reichel, S.
1998. pers. comm.
[re. German common names].
- Rosengarten, F.
1984. The book of edible nuts.
- Tindall, H. D.
1994. Hort. Rev.
16:144, 145, 147, 151, 153, 161.
- Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds.
1991. Edible fruits and nuts.
In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA).
2:191.
- More:
Synonyms:
Check other web resources for Litchi chinensis Sonn.:
- Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
- ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
- Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed
citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
Images:
- More:
- Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
-
 Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be
inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require
specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with
properly documented herbarium material.
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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville,
Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?22399 (19 May 2013)
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