Sassafras

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Laurales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Magnoliids Ordo: Laurales

Familia: Lauraceae
Tribus: Cinnamomeae
Genus:
Species: S. albidum – S. randaiense – S. tzumu
Paleospecies: †S. hesperia

Sassafras J.Presl in Bercht. & J.Presl, Prir. Rostlin Aneb. Rostl. 2: 30. 1825.

Type species: Sassafras officinarum J.Presl = Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees, Syst. Laur. 490. 1836

Homotypic
- Euosmus (Nutt.) Rchb., Consp. Regn. Veg. 87. 1828, as "Evosmus".
  - Laurus subg. Euosmus Nutt., Gen. 1: 258. 1818.
- Evelyna Raf., Sylva Tell. 164. 1838, nom. illeg. non Poepp. & Endl. (1836).
Heterotypic
- Pseudosassafras Lecomte, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 2: 268. 1912.
  - Type species: Pseudosassafras tzumu (Hemsl.) Lecomte
- Yushunia Kamik.
  - Type species: Yushunia randaiensis (Hayata) Kamik.

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