Neocinnamomum

Neocinnamomum
Neocinnamomum delavayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Magnoliids
Order:	Laurales
Family:	Lauraceae
Genus:	Neocinnamomum H.Liu
Species
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Neocinnamomum (新樟属, xin zhang shu) is a genus of evergreen shrubs or small trees, indigenous to Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia (Sumatra), Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.

They inhabit coastal to montane tropical forests, and laurel forests. These trees and shrubs are characteristic of the lower strata of the tropical rainforest but some species are at 20 m tall. They require a warm and wet climate with no extremes of heat and cold. These types of woody plants live in the laurel forests of the mountains Although there can be months in which there is less rain, no prolonged dry season should occur and rain received on about 150 days per year. Present from rocky and stony ground to waterlogged and marshy areas.

The pollination is by insects that pollinate the very small bisexual flowers, in inflorescences glomerules, They are condensed inflorescence with poorly defined branching,

The tree Neocinnamomum mekongense is a species that grows in the Butterfly Spring in the mountains north of Dali, China. Masses of butterflies congregate on its branches in the springtime making it a popular tourist destination. The butterfies are thought to feed off secretions made by the tree (possibly extrafloral nectaries).

Species

• Neocinnamomum camphora - Camphor Tree
• Neocinnamomum caudatum (Nees) Merrill
• Neocinnamomum delavayi (Lecomte) H. Liu, Laurac
• Neocinnamomum fargesii (Lecomte) Kostermans
• Neocinnamomum lecomtei H. Liu, Laurac
• Neocinnamomum mekongense

References

• Flora of China 7: 187–189. 2008.
• Zhi-hua Wang, Jie Li, John G. Conran, Hsi-wen Li, "Phylogeny of the Southeast Asian endemic genus Neocinnamomum H. Liu (Lauraceae)", Plant Syst Evol (2010) 290:173–184. DOI 10.1007/s00606-010-0359-1. [1]