Sassafras

Sassafras
Temporal range: Maastrichtian–recent, [1] Possible Albian record [2]
Sassafras albidum,
Norfolk Botanical Garden
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus:
J.Presl[3]
Species

Sassafras albidum
†Sassafras ashleyi
†Sassafras columbiana
†Sassafras hesperia
Sassafras randaiense
Sassafras tzumu
†Sassafras yabei

Synonyms

Pseudosassafras Lecomte

Sassafras is a genus of three extant and one extinct species of deciduous trees in the family Lauraceae, native to eastern North America and eastern Asia.[4][5][6] The genus is distinguished by its aromatic properties, which have made the tree useful to humans.

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  2. ^ Peppe, Daniel J.; Hickey, Leo J.; Miller, Ian M.; Green, Walton A. (October 2008). "A Morphotype Catalogue, Floristic Analysis and Stratigraphic Description of the Aspen Shale Flora(Cretaceous–Albian) of Southwestern Wyoming". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 49 (2): 181–208. Bibcode:2008BPMNH..49..181P. doi:10.3374/0079-032X-49.2.181. ISSN 0079-032X.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference IPNI_21501-1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ van der Werff, Henk (1997). "Sassafras". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 3. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  5. ^ Wolfe, Jack A. & Wehr, Wesley C. 1987. The sassafras is an ornamental tree. "Middle Eocene Dicotyledonous Plants from Republic, Northeastern Washington". United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1597:13
  6. ^ Nie, Z.-L.; Wen, J.; Sun, H. (2007). "Phylogeny and biogeography of Sassafras (Lauraceae) disjunction between eastern Asia and eastern North America". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 267 (1–4): 191–203. Bibcode:2007PSyEv.267..191N. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.669.8487. doi:10.1007/s00606-007-0550-1. S2CID 44051126.
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