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[ Laurophyllus ] [ Laurus ] [ Lautea ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Laurus

Hierarchical position of the Genus Laurus

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Magnoliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xxvi, 95. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Dicots       Subclassis  Magnoliidae Nov�k ex Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 51. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Lauranae Takht. pub. Divers. Classif. Fl. Pl.: 53. 1 Mai 1997.       Ordo  Laurales Perleb pub. Lehrb. Naturgesch. Pflanzenr.: 174. Sep-Oct 1826.       Familia  Lauraceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 80. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Laurels       Subfamilia  Lauroideae Burnett pub. Outl. Bot.: 564, 1091, 1146. Jun 1835.       Tribus  Laureae Le Maout & Decne. pub. Trait� G�n. Bot.: 461. Jan-Apr 1868.       Genus  Laurus L. pub. (1753) common name: laurel

Named members of the Genus Laurus

1	Species  albidus Nutt. syn. Sassafras albidum
2	Species  camphora L. syn. Cinnamomum camphora
3	Species  coriacea Sw. syn. Nectandra coriacea
4	Species  melissifolia Walt. syn. Lindera melissifolia
5	Species  nobilis L. common name: sweet bay, true laurel, bay tree, bay laurel, poet's laurel
6	Species  sassafras L. syn. Sassafras albidum
7	Species  winteriana L. syn. Canella winteriana

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.