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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Taxobox<br />
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| name = Lauraceae<br />
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br />
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br />
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]<br />
| ordo = [[Laurales]]<br />
| familia = '''Lauraceae'''<br />
| familia_authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]]<br />
| subdivision_ranks = Genera<br />
| subdivision = <br />
''Many; see text''<br />
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The '''Lauraceae''' or '''Laurel family''' comprises a group of [[flowering plant]]s included in the order [[Laurales]]. The family contains about 55 genera and over 2000 (perhaps as many as 4000) species world-wide, mostly from warm or tropical regions, especially [[Southeast Asia]] and [[Brazil]]. Most are aromatic [[evergreen]] trees or shrubs, but ''Sassafras'' and one or two other genera are [[deciduous]], and ''Cassytha'' is a genus of [[parasite|parasitic]] [[vine]]s.<br />
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Trees of the laurel family predominate in the world's [[laurel forest]]s, which occur in a few humid subtropical and mild temperate regions of the northern and southern hemispheres, including the [[Macaronesia]]n islands, southern [[Japan]], [[Madagascar]], and central [[Chile]].<br />
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There are three main economical uses for this family. A high content of ethereal oils are found in many Lauraceae. Ethereal oils are important sources for spices and perfumes. Avocados are important oil-rich fruit that are now planted in warm climates across the world. The hard [[wood]] of several species is a source for timber around the world. <br />
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The following genera include species with commercial value and are consequently among the best known:<br />
* ''[[Cinnamomum]]'': [[Cinnamon]], [[Cassia]] and [[Cinnamomum camphora|Camphor Laurel]]<br />
* ''[[Laurus]]'': [[Bay Laurel]]<br />
* ''[[Lindera]]'': [[Spicebush]]<br />
* ''[[Persea]]'': [[Avocado]]<br />
* ''[[Sassafras]]'': Sassafras<br />
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== Genera ==<br />
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|- valign=top<br />
|<br />
*''[[Actinodaphne]]''<br />
*''[[Adenodaphne]]''<br />
*''[[Aiouea]]''<br />
*''[[Alseodaphne]]''<br />
*''[[Anaueria]]''<br />
*''[[Aniba]]''<br />
*''[[Apollonias]]''<br />
*''[[Aspidostemon]]''<br />
*''[[Beilschmiedia]]''<br />
*''[[Brassiodendron]]''<br />
*''[[Caryodaphnopsis]]''<br />
*''[[Cassytha]]''<br />
*''[[Chlorocardium]]''<br />
*''[[Cinnadenia]]''<br />
*''[[Cinnamomum]]''<br />
*''[[Clinostemon]]''<br />
|<br />
*''[[Cryptocarya]]''<br />
*''[[Dahlgrenodendron]]''<br />
*''[[Dehaasia]]''<br />
*''[[Dicypellium]]''<br />
*''[[Dodecadenia]]''<br />
*''[[Endiandra]]''<br />
*''[[Endlicheria]]''<br />
*''[[Eusideroxylon]]''<br />
*''[[Gamanthera]]''<br />
*''[[Hexapora]]''<br />
*''[[Hypodaphnis]]''<br />
*''[[Iteadaphne]]''<br />
*''[[Kubitzkia]]''<br />
*''[[Laurus]]''<br />
*''[[Licaria]]''<br />
|<br />
*''[[Lindera]]''<br />
*''[[Litsea]]''<br />
*''[[Persea|Machilus]]'' *<br />
*''[[Mezilaurus]]''<br />
*''[[Mocinnodaphne]]''<br />
*''[[Mutisiopersea]]''<br />
*''[[Nectandra]]''<br />
*''[[Neocinnamomum]]''<br />
*''[[Neolitsea]]''<br />
*''[[Nothaphoebe]]''<br />
*''[[Ocotea]]''<br />
*''[[Paraia]]''<br />
*''[[Parasassafras]]''<br />
*''[[Persea]]''<br />
*''[[Phoebe (plant)|Phoebe]]''<br />
|<br />
*''[[Phyllostemonodaphne]]''<br />
*''[[Pleurothyrium]]''<br />
*''[[Potameia]]''<br />
*''[[Potoxylon]]''<br />
*''[[Povedadaphne]]''<br />
*''[[Ravensara]]'' [[Ravensara aromatica|clove nutmeg]]<br />
*''[[Rhodostemonodaphne]]''<br />
*''[[Sassafras]]''<br />
*''[[Sextonia]]''<br />
*''[[Sinosassafras]]''<br />
*''[[Syndiclis]]''<br />
*''[[Triadodaphne]]''<br />
*''[[Umbellularia]]''<br />
*''[[Urbanodendron]]''<br />
*''[[Williamodendron]]''<br />
*''[[Yushunia]]''<br />
|}<br />
(*: ''Machilus'' is often included in ''Persea'' as a subgenus)<br />
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== References ==<br />
* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/lauracea.htm Lauraceae] in [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.]<br />
* [[André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans|Kostermans, André Joseph Guillaume Henri]] 1957. Lauraceae. ''Reinwardtia'' 4(2): 193-256<br />
* Meissner (né Meisner), Carl Daniel Friedrich 1864. Lauraceae (Ordo 162) in A. L. P. P. de Candolle (ed.), ''Prodromus Systematis Universalis Regni Vegetabilis'' 15(1): 1-260, Parisiis [Paris], Victoris Masson et Filii.<br />
* Mez, Carl Christian 1889. Lauraceae Americanae Monographice Descripsit. ''Jahrbuch des Königlichen Botanischen Gartens und des Botanischen Museums zu Berlin'' 5: 1-556.<br />
* [[Nees|Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel]] (1836): Systema Laurinarum, Berlin, Veitii et Sociorum. Until the page 352, available, free, on pdf files in [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ Gallica]<br />
* Rohwer, Jens G. in Kubitzki, K.(Editor) 1993. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Vol.2: K. Kubitzki, J. G. Rohwer & V. Bittrich, 366-390. ISBN 3-540-55509-9<br />
* Wagner, W. L., D. R. Herbst, and S. H. Sohmer. 1990. ''Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i''. Spec. Publ. 83. University of Hawaii Press and Bishop Museum Press. Bishop Museum. 1854 pp.<br />
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