Litsea albicans (Kurz) Hook.f. (1886:171)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Tetranthera albicans Kurz in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42: 102 (1873); Malapoenna albicans Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 572 (1891)
Conservation Status
Missing (de Kok, 2021)
Last (and only) record: early 1800's (de Kok, 2021)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution & Habitat
Myanmar (=Burma)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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