Sassafras

This article is about the genus of trees. For the North American species of tree, see Sassafras albidum.
For other uses, see Sassafras (disambiguation).

Sassafras
Sassafras albidum,
Norfolk Botanical Garden
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Sassafras
J.Presl[1]
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.[2][3][4] The genus is distinguished by its aromatic properties, which have made the tree useful to humans.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference IPNI_21501-1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ 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.