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090.0000 Family Lauraceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 80 (1789), nom. cons.
55 genera, ca. 3300 spp. Systematics taken from Song et al. (2019)
Species listed in database: 3380
= Cassythaceae Bartl. ex Lindl.; Nix. Pl. 15 (1833), nom. cons.
= Perseaceae Horan.; Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat. 61 (1834)
090.0803 Genus Sassafras J.Presl; Prír. rostlin 2: 67 (1825)
Distribution: China (1), Taiwan (1), E-North America from Canada to Florida (1). Probably to be included in an expanded Cinnamomum.
Species listed in database: 3
= Pseudosassafras Lecomte; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 2: 268 (1912)
= Yushunia Kamik.; Rep. (Annual) Taihoku Bot. Gard. 3: 77 (1933)
= Euosmus (Nutt.) Rchb.; Consp. Regn. Veg. [H.G.L.Reichenbach] 87 (1828)
species :
Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees; Syst. Laur. [Nees] 490 (1836)
Name: Sassafras (EN); Gewöhnlicher Fieberbaum (DE)
Distribution: Germany [I]; Canada (Ontario); USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, West Virginia)
11 ger 72 CDN 74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Euosmus albida Nutt.; Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall] 1: 259 (1818)
= Euosmus sassafras (L.) Nutt.; Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall] 1: 259 (1818)
= Laurus albida Loudon ex Meisn.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 15(1): 513 (1864), nom. inval.
= Laurus albida Nutt.; Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall] 1: 259 (1818)
= Laurus diversifolia Stokes; Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 426 (1812), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Laurus salsafraz Noronha; Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 19 (1790), nom. nud.
= Laurus sassafras L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 371 (1753)
= Laurus variifolia Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 344 (1796), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Persea sassafras (L.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 2: 270 (1825)
= Sassafras albidum f. moldenkei Oswald; Phytologia 7: 321 (1961)
= Sassafras albidum var. molle (Raf.) Fernald; Rhodora 38: 179 (1936)
= Sassafras laurus Macloskie; Torreya 198 (1905), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Sassafras officinale T.Nees & C.H.Eberm.; Handb. Med. Pharm. Bot. [Esenbeck & Heinrich] 2: 418 (1831), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Sassafras officinale Siebold; Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 12: 23 (1830), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Sassafras officinale var. albidum (Nutt.) S.F.Blake; Rhodora 20: 99 (1918), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Sassafras officinarum J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin Aneb. Rostl. [Berchtold & J.Presl] 2: 68 (1825)
= Sassafras rubrum Raf.; Sylva Tellur. 134 (1838)
= Sassafras sassafras (L.) H.Karst.; Deut. Fl. [Karsten] 505 (1882), nom. inval.
= Sassafras triloba Raf.; Autik. Bot. 85 (1840), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Sassafras triloba var. mollis Raf.; Autik. Bot. 85 (1840)
= Sassafras variifolium (Salisb.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 574 (1891)
= Sassafras variifolium var. albidum (Nutt.) Fernald; Rhodora 15: 16 (1913)
= Tetranthera albida (Nutt.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 2: 267 (1825)
species :
Sassafras randaiense (Hayata) Rehder; J. Arnold Arbor. 1: 244 (1920)
Distribution: Taiwan
38 TAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Lindera randaiensis Hayata; J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30(1): 257-258 (1911)
= Pseudosassafras laxiflora var. randaiensis (Hayata) Nakai; J. Jap. Bot. 16(3): 126-127 (1940)
= Yushunia randaiensis (Hayata) Kamik.; Rep. (Annual) Taihoku Bot. Gard. 3: 78 (1933 publ. 1934)
species :
Sassafras tzumu (Hemsl.) Hemsl.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1907(2): 55-56 (1907)
Distribution: China (Yunnan, Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang); N-Vietnam
36 CHI 41 VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Lindera camphorata H.Lév.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9(222-226): 459-460 (1911)
= Lindera tzumu Hemsl.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 26(176): 392-393 (1891)
= Litsea laxiflora Hemsl.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 26(176): 383, t. 8 (1891)
= Pseudosassafras laxiflora (Hemsl.) Nakai; J. Jap. Bot. 16(2): 126 (1940)
= Pseudosassafras tzumu (Hemsl.) Lecomte; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 2(9): 269-270 (1912)
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