Canella

This article is about the plant. For people with the name, see Canella (surname).
Not to be confused with Canela.

Canella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Canellales
Family: Canellaceae
Genus: Canella
P. Browne, 1756
Species:
C. winterana
Binomial name
Canella winterana
(L.) Gaertn., 1788[2]
Synonyms

Canella alba Murray[3]
Laurus winterana L.[4]

Canella is a monospecific genus containing the species Canella winterana, a tree native to the Caribbean from the Florida Keys to Barbados. Its bark is used as a spice similar to cinnamon, giving rise to the common names cinnamon bark, wild cinnamon, and white cinnamon.[5]

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (2020). "Canella winterana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T181217390A181464875. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T181217390A181464875.en. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Canella winterana (L.) Gaertn". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
  3. ^ Linnaeus, Carl; Murray, Johan Andreas (1784). Systema Vegetabilium (14th ed.). Typis et impensis Jo. Christ. Dieterich. pp. 443–444. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
  4. ^ Linnaeus, Carl (1753). "Laurus foliis enerviis obovatis obtusis". Species Plantarum. p. 371.
  5. ^ Austin, Daniel F.; Honychurch, P. Narodny (2004). Florida ethnobotany. CRC Press. pp. 162–164. ISBN 978-0-8493-2332-4.