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Litchi chinensis  Sonn.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 503504

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Nephelium litchi Cambess.
  
  Common Name(s): lychee [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderRosanae   
                         OrderSapindales   
                            FamilySapindaceae  – soapberries  
                               GenusLitchi Sonn. – lychee  
                                  SpeciesLitchi chinensis Sonn. – lychee  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Pedro Acevedo  
  Notes: Research Botanist and Curator, National Herbarium, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC, USA 20560-0166   
  Reference for: Litchi chinensis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: eFloras: Flora of China, 2011, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: eFloras, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Published on the Internet http://www.efloras.org   
  Reference for: Litchi chinensis   
       
  Source: Flora of the West Indies website, 2011, database (version 2007)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M.T. Strong. 2007. Catalogue of the seed plants of the West Indies Website. http://botany.si.edu/antilles/WestIndies/query.cfm   
  Reference for: Litchi chinensis   
       
  Source: Sapindaceae of North America Update, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Litchi chinensis   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Litchi chinensis   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Litchi chinensis   
       
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Caribbean  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Caribbean Territories, Introduced  
 

 

    

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