Sassafras albidum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lauraceae
Tribus: Cinnamomeae
Genus: Sassafras
Species: Sassafras albidum

Name

Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees, Syst. Laur. 490. 1836.

Synonyms

Basionym
- Laurus albida Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 259. 1818.

Homotypic
- Sassafras officinale var. albidum (Nutt.) S.F.Blake, Rhodora 20: 99. 1918.
- Sassafras variifolium var. albidum (Nutt.) Fernald, Rhodora 15: 16. 1913.
- Tetranthera albida (Nutt.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 267. 1825.

Heterotypic
- Laurus albida Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 259. 1818.
- Laurus diversifolia Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 426. 1812, nom. illeg.
- Laurus sassafras L., Sp. Pl. 371. 1753.
- Laurus variifolia Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 344. 1796, nom. illeg.
- Persea sassafras (L.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 270. 1825.
- Sassafras albidum f. moldenkei Oswald, Phytologia 7: 321. 1961.
- Sassafras albidum var. glaucum Nieuwl., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 347. 1914.
- Sassafras albidum var. molle (Raf.) Fernald, Rhodora 38: 179. 1936.
- Sassafras laurus Macloskie, Torreya 5: 198. 1905, nom. illeg.
- Sassafras officinale Nees & Eberm., Handb. Med.-Pharm. Bot. 2: 418. 1831, nom. illeg.
- Sassafras officinarum J.Presl, in Bercht. & J.Presl, Prir. Rostlin 2(Laurac.): 68. 1825.
- Sassafras rubrum Raf., Sylva Tellur. 134. 1838.
- Sassafras sassafras (L.) Karst., Deut. Fl. 505. 1881, nom. inval.
- Sassafras sassafras var. officinale Clute, Amer. Bot. (Binghamton) 11: 72. 1906.
- Sassafras trilobum Raf., Autik. Bot. 85. 1840, nom. illeg.
- Sassafras trilobum var. molle Raf., Autik. Bot. 85. 1840.
- Sassafras variifolium Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 574. 1891, nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional:C & Eastern USA
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
- Extinct in:
  - Wisconsin
- Introduced into:
  - Romania

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. 1836. Systema Laurinarum. Berolini: Sumptibus Veitii et Sociorum. 720pp. BHL Reference page. : 490.

Additional references

Mohlenbrock, R.H. 2014. Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide. 4th ed., 536 pp. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, Ill. ISBN 978-0-8093-3208-3. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Sassafras albidum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 27. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Sassafras albidum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Sassafras albidum. Published online. Accessed: June 27 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sassafras albidum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.
eFloras 2008. Sassafras albidum in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Sassafrasbaum
English: White Sassafras
suomi: Amerikansassafras
magyar: Szasszafrász babérfa
italiano: Sassofrasso
Nederlands: sassafrasboom