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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Lauraceae
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Laurales]]
| familia = '''Lauraceae'''
| familia_authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
''Many; see text''
}}
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.
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]].
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.
The following genera include species with commercial value and are consequently among the best known:
* ''[[Cinnamomum]]'': [[Cinnamon]], [[Cassia]] and [[Cinnamomum camphora|Camphor Laurel]]
* ''[[Laurus]]'': [[Bay Laurel]]
* ''[[Lindera]]'': [[Spicebush]]
* ''[[Persea]]'': [[Avocado]]
* ''[[Sassafras]]'': Sassafras
== Genera ==
{|
|- valign=top
|
*''[[Actinodaphne]]''
*''[[Adenodaphne]]''
*''[[Aiouea]]''
*''[[Alseodaphne]]''
*''[[Anaueria]]''
*''[[Aniba]]''
*''[[Apollonias]]''
*''[[Aspidostemon]]''
*''[[Beilschmiedia]]''
*''[[Brassiodendron]]''
*''[[Caryodaphnopsis]]''
*''[[Cassytha]]''
*''[[Chlorocardium]]''
*''[[Cinnadenia]]''
*''[[Cinnamomum]]''
*''[[Clinostemon]]''
|
*''[[Cryptocarya]]''
*''[[Dahlgrenodendron]]''
*''[[Dehaasia]]''
*''[[Dicypellium]]''
*''[[Dodecadenia]]''
*''[[Endiandra]]''
*''[[Endlicheria]]''
*''[[Eusideroxylon]]''
*''[[Gamanthera]]''
*''[[Hexapora]]''
*''[[Hypodaphnis]]''
*''[[Iteadaphne]]''
*''[[Kubitzkia]]''
*''[[Laurus]]''
*''[[Licaria]]''
|
*''[[Lindera]]''
*''[[Litsea]]''
*''[[Persea|Machilus]]'' *
*''[[Mezilaurus]]''
*''[[Mocinnodaphne]]''
*''[[Mutisiopersea]]''
*''[[Nectandra]]''
*''[[Neocinnamomum]]''
*''[[Neolitsea]]''
*''[[Nothaphoebe]]''
*''[[Ocotea]]''
*''[[Paraia]]''
*''[[Parasassafras]]''
*''[[Persea]]''
*''[[Phoebe (plant)|Phoebe]]''
|
*''[[Phyllostemonodaphne]]''
*''[[Pleurothyrium]]''
*''[[Potameia]]''
*''[[Potoxylon]]''
*''[[Povedadaphne]]''
*''[[Ravensara]]'' [[Ravensara aromatica|clove nutmeg]]
*''[[Rhodostemonodaphne]]''
*''[[Sassafras]]''
*''[[Sextonia]]''
*''[[Sinosassafras]]''
*''[[Syndiclis]]''
*''[[Triadodaphne]]''
*''[[Umbellularia]]''
*''[[Urbanodendron]]''
*''[[Williamodendron]]''
*''[[Yushunia]]''
|}
(*: ''Machilus'' is often included in ''Persea'' as a subgenus)
== References ==
* [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.]
* [[André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans|Kostermans, André Joseph Guillaume Henri]] 1957. Lauraceae. ''Reinwardtia'' 4(2): 193-256
* 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.
* Mez, Carl Christian 1889. Lauraceae Americanae Monographice Descripsit. ''Jahrbuch des Königlichen Botanischen Gartens und des Botanischen Museums zu Berlin'' 5: 1-556.
* [[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]
* 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
* 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.
[[Category:Laurales|Lauraceae]]
[[Category:Plant families]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = Lauraceae
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Laurales]]
| familia = '''Lauraceae'''
| familia_authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
''Many; see text''
}}
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.
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]].
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.
The following genera include species with commercial value and are consequently among the best known:
* ''[[Cinnamomum]]'': [[Cinnamon]], [[Cassia]] and [[Cinnamomum camphora|Camphor Laurel]]
* ''[[Laurus]]'': [[Bay Laurel]]
* ''[[Lindera]]'': [[Spicebush]]
* ''[[Persea]]'': [[Avocado]]
* ''[[Sassafras]]'': Sassafras
== Genera ==
{|
|- valign=top
|
*''[[Actinodaphne]]''
*''[[Adenodaphne]]''
*''[[Aiouea]]''
*''[[Alseodaphne]]''
*''[[Anaueria]]''
*''[[Aniba]]''
*''[[Apollonias]]''
*''[[Aspidostemon]]''
*''[[Beilschmiedia]]''
*''[[Brassiodendron]]''
*''[[Caryodaphnopsis]]''
*''[[Cassytha]]''
*''[[Chlorocardium]]''
*''[[Cinnadenia]]''
*''[[Cinnamomum]]''
*''[[Clinostemon]]''
|
*''[[Cryptocarya]]''
*''[[Dahlgrenodendron]]''
*''[[Dehaasia]]''
*''[[Dicypellium]]''
*''[[Dodecadenia]]''
*''[[Endiandra]]''
*''[[Endlicheria]]''
*''[[Eusideroxylon]]''
*''[[Gamanthera]]''
*''[[Hexapora]]''
*''[[Hypodaphnis]]''
*''[[Iteadaphne]]''
*''[[Kubitzkia]]''
*''[[Laurus]]''
*''[[Licaria]]''
|
*''[[Lindera]]''
*''[[Litsea]]''
*''[[Persea|Machilus]]'' *
*''[[Mezilaurus]]''
*''[[Mocinnodaphne]]''
*''[[Mutisiopersea]]''
*''[[Nectandra]]''
*''[[Neocinnamomum]]''
*''[[Neolitsea]]''
*''[[Nothaphoebe]]''
*''[[Ocotea]]''
*''[[Paraia]]''
*''[[Parasassafras]]''
*''[[Persea]]''
*''[[Phoebe (plant)|Phoebe]]''
|
*''[[Phyllostemonodaphne]]''
*''[[Pleurothyrium]]''
*''[[Potameia]]''
*''[[Potoxylon]]''
*''[[Povedadaphne]]''
*''[[Ravensara]]'' [[Ravensara aromatica|clove nutmeg]]
*''[[Rhodostemonodaphne]]''
*''[[Sassafras]]''
*''[[Sextonia]]''
*''[[Sinosassafras]]''
*''[[Syndiclis]]''
*''[[Triadodaphne]]''
*''[[Umbellularia]]''
*''[[Urbanodendron]]''
*''[[Williamodendron]]''
*''[[Yushunia]]''
|}
(*: ''Machilus'' is often included in ''Persea'' as a subgenus)
== References ==
* [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.]
* [[André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans|Kostermans, André Joseph Guillaume Henri]] 1957. Lauraceae. ''Reinwardtia'' 4(2): 193-256
* 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.
* Mez, Carl Christian 1889. Lauraceae Americanae Monographice Descripsit. ''Jahrbuch des Königlichen Botanischen Gartens und des Botanischen Museums zu Berlin'' 5: 1-556.
* [[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]
* 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
* 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.
[[Category:Laurales|Lauraceae]]
[[Category:Plant families]]
