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Litsea elongata

species of plant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ11177022 ↗
Source-derived summary

Litsea elongata is a species of plant in the family Lauraceae. It was described in 1886 by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck.

Distribution

It is native to the wet tropical biome of India (Assam), China (including Hainan), Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, and Vietnam. It grows in forests and along roadsides, at altitudes of 500–2,500 metres (1,600–8,200 ft). The species sometimes grows on limestone.

Description

Litsea elongata is an evergreen tree that can grow to be up to 12 feet, or 3.6 metres tall.

Varieties

Litsea elongata contains the following varieties:

Litsea elongata var. cuneifolia H.Liu

Litsea elongata var. elongata

Litsea elongata var. faberi (Hemsl.) Yen C.Yang & P.H.Huang

Litsea elongata var.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Litsea elongata” as species of plant. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1886—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Litsea, elongata and species can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as species of plant. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 2, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q11177022. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1886.

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Current terminology should not be projected backward without checking the classification used when the underlying evidence was created. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Litsea elongata” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.