Contains 9 genera and 15 accepted taxa overall.
This family is completely databased for all specimens.
Characteristics
LAURACEAE
Dicot
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Classification
LAURALES
LAURACEAE
Genera
| Genus | Common Name | Taxa Count | Herbarium Specimens | Photos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camphora | CAMPHOR TREE | 1 | ||
| Cassytha | CASSYTHA | 1 | ||
| Cinnamomum | CINNAMON | 2 | ||
| Damburneya | LANCEWOOD; SWEETWOOD | 1 | ||
| Licaria | SWEETWOOD | 1 | ||
| Lindera | SPICEBUSH | 3 | ||
| Litsea | LITSEA | 1 | ||
| Persea | BAY | 4 | ||
| Sassafras | SASSAFRAS | 1 |
Identification Key
1. Parasitic vine; stems often orange to pale green-yellow, with haustoria, essentially leafless with minute scales (ca. 1 mm)
1. Shrubs or trees; stems generally greenish to gray, with evident sizeable leaves, without haustoria
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2. Leaf blade basal lateral veins fairly pronounced and subparallel with the blade margin, usually reaching mid-blade or extending to near the apex
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2. Leaf blade basal lateral veins generally not pronounced, spreading or if subparallel to the blade margin then usually not reaching mid-blade
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3. Young stems and leaves glabrate or sericeous or the domatia pubescent; leaves persistent, the blades unlobed; flowers emerging with mature leaves
3. Young stems and leaves pubescent; leaves deciduous, often at least some leaf blades lobed; flowers emerging before leaves or with emerging leaves
4. Dioecious shrubs or small trees to 5 m; leaves deciduous; flowers unisexual
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4. Monoecious shrubs or trees to 20 m; leaves persistent; flowers bisexual
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5. Leaf blade 0.5-1 cm wide; inflorescence with 1-5 flowers; anthers 4-locular
5. Leaf blade 1.5-5 cm wide; inflorescence with 1-20 flowers; anthers 2-locular
6. Young stems and leaf blade lower surface pubescent or sericeous
6. Young stems and leaf blade glabrous or glabrate
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7. Bark gray, smooth; leaf blade upper surface with visible and conspicuous reticulate venation, acute or gradually acuminate at the tip, crushed odor mildly pungent; fertile stamens 9; anthers 4-locular; fruit 1-2 cm long, subtended by a cupule with a single margin or an inconspicuous double margin
7. Bark brown, papillate-granular from the lenticels; leaf blade upper surface with inconspicuous or obscure reticulate venation, abruptly to gradually acuminate at the tip, crushed odor faintly aromatic; fertile stamens 3; anthers 2-locular; fruit 2-3 cm long, subtended by a cupule with an evident double margin, the basal margin often flared