Laurus Linnaeus 1753 (laurel)

Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200

Parent taxon: Lauraceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1926

See also Berry 1914, Knowlton 1899, Knowlton 1919, Liu et al. 1996 and Mabberley 2000

Sister taxa: Actinodaphne, Alseodaphne, Bandulskaia, Beilschmiedia, Benzoin, Cinnamomum, Crowella, Cryptocarya, Cryptocaryoides, Daphnogene, Daphnophyllum, Diemenia, Goeppertia, Lauraceaephyllum, Lauraceophylloderma, Lauranthus, Laurinastrum, Laurinoxylon, Laurocalyx, Laurocarpum, Laurophyllites, Laurophyllum, Lindera, Litsaeophyllum, Litsea, Litseaphyllum, Litseopsis, Machilus, Machilusoxylon, Malapoenna, Marmarthia, Mauldinia, Mespilodaphne, Mezilaurinoxylon, Michilus, Nectandra, Nectandrophyllum, Neocinnamomum, Neolitsea, Nothaphoebe, Ocotea, Ocoteoxylon, Oreodaphne, Patagonoxylon, Persea, Perseanthus, Perseoxylon, Persites, Phoebe, Piliparicutis, Potomacanthus, Potoxylon, Protoravensara, Sassafras, Sassafrophyllum, Trianthera, Ulminium, Umbellularia, Williamodendron

Subtaxa: Laurus acuminata Laurus aestivalis Laurus antecedens Laurus atanensis Laurus baueri Laurus benzoin Laurus borbonia Laurus brossiana Laurus californica Laurus camphora Laurus cascadia Laurus cassia Laurus caudata Laurus cinnamomum Laurus colombi Laurus coloradensis Laurus crassinervis Laurus fuerstenbergii Laurus grandis Laurus hollae Laurus hollickii Laurus indica Laurus knowltoni Laurus macrocarpa Laurus mansuyi Laurus microcarpa Laurus modesta Laurus montana Laurus nebrascensis Laurus newberryana Laurus nobilis Laurus omalii Laurus oregoniana Laurus palaeophila Laurus perdita Laurus persea Laurus plutonia Laurus praestans Laurus primigenia Laurus princeps Laurus proteaefolia Laurus ratonensis Laurus resurgens Laurus salicifolia Laurus sassafras Laurus schmidtiana Laurus similis Laurus socialis Laurus teliformis Laurus utahensis Laurus wardiana Laurus winterana

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Type: Laurus nobilis

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Vietnam (1)

• Neogene of China (1)

• Miocene of China (1), Germany (1), Switzerland (2), United States (6: Washington)

• Oligocene of Germany (1)

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1), United States (13: Alaska, Texas, Wyoming)

• Paleocene of United States (16: Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming)

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (5: Alabama, South Carolina, Wyoming)

Total: 50 collections including 60 occurrences

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