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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Lindera''
| image = Lindera melissifolia.jpg
| image_width = 220px
| image_caption = ''Lindera melissifolia''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Laurales]]
| familia = [[Lauraceae]]
| genus = '''''Lindera''''' [[Thunb.]]
| subdivision_ranks = species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''Lindera''''' is a genus of about 80-100 species of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Lauraceae]], mostly native to eastern [[Asia]] but with three species in eastern [[North America]]. The species are [[shrub]]s and small [[tree]]s; common names include '''Spicebush''' and '''Benjamin Bush'''.
The [[leaf|leaves]] can be either [[deciduous]] or [[evergreen]] depending on species, and are alternate, entire or three-lobed, and strongly spicy-aromatic. The [[flower]]s are small, yellowish, with six petaloid sepals and no petals. The [[fruit]] is a small red, purple or black [[drupe]] containing a single [[seed]].
''Lindera'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Engrailed|The Engrailed]]. One of the world's rarest bee species, the [[Andrenidae|andrenid]] bee ''[[Andrena lauracea]]'' is apparently a specialist on ''Lindera'' (see ''[[Lindera benzoin]]'').
;Selected species
{|
|- valign=top
|
*''Lindera aggregata''
*''Lindera akoensis''
*''Lindera angustifolia''
*''[[Lindera benzoin]]'' - Common Spicebush, Benjamin Bush
*''Lindera chienii''
*''Lindera chunii''
*''Lindera communis''
*''Lindera doniana''
*''Lindera erythrocarpa''
*''Lindera flavinervia''
*''Lindera floribunda''
*''Lindera foveolata''
*''Lindera fragrans''
*''Lindera glauca''
*''Lindera gracilipes''
*''Lindera guangxiensis''
*''Lindera kariensis''
*''Lindera kwangtungensis''
*''Lindera latifolia''
*''Lindera limprichtii''
*''Lindera longipedunculata''
*''Lindera lungshengensis''
*''Lindera megaphylla''
|
*''Lindera melissifolia'' - Southern Spicebush
*''Lindera metcalfiana''
*''Lindera monghaiensis''
*''Lindera motuoensis''
*''Lindera nacusua''
*''Lindera neesiana''
*''[[Lindera obtusiloba]]''
*''Lindera praecox''
*''Lindera prattii''
*''Lindera pulcherrima''
*''Lindera reflexa''
*''Lindera robusta''
*''Lindera rubronervia''
*''Lindera setchuenensis''
*''Lindera strychnifolia''
*''Lindera subcoriacea'' - Bog Spicebush
*''Lindera supracostata''
*''Lindera thomsonii''
*''Lindera tienchuanensis''
*''Lindera tonkinensis''
*''Lindera umbellata''
*''Lindera villipes''
|}
[[Category:Laurales]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Lindera''
| image = Lindera melissifolia.jpg
| image_width = 220px
| image_caption = ''Lindera melissifolia''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Laurales]]
| familia = [[Lauraceae]]
| genus = '''''Lindera''''' [[Thunb.]]
| subdivision_ranks = species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''Lindera''''' is a genus of about 80-100 species of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Lauraceae]], mostly native to eastern [[Asia]] but with three species in eastern [[North America]]. The species are [[shrub]]s and small [[tree]]s; common names include '''Spicebush''' and '''Benjamin Bush'''.
The [[leaf|leaves]] can be either [[deciduous]] or [[evergreen]] depending on species, and are alternate, entire or three-lobed, and strongly spicy-aromatic. The [[flower]]s are small, yellowish, with six petaloid sepals and no petals. The [[fruit]] is a small red, purple or black [[drupe]] containing a single [[seed]].
''Lindera'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including [[Engrailed|The Engrailed]]. One of the world's rarest bee species, the [[Andrenidae|andrenid]] bee ''[[Andrena lauracea]]'' is apparently a specialist on ''Lindera'' (see ''[[Lindera benzoin]]'').
;Selected species
{|
|- valign=top
|
*''Lindera aggregata''
*''Lindera akoensis''
*''Lindera angustifolia''
*''[[Lindera benzoin]]'' - Common Spicebush, Benjamin Bush
*''Lindera chienii''
*''Lindera chunii''
*''Lindera communis''
*''Lindera doniana''
*''Lindera erythrocarpa''
*''Lindera flavinervia''
*''Lindera floribunda''
*''Lindera foveolata''
*''Lindera fragrans''
*''Lindera glauca''
*''Lindera gracilipes''
*''Lindera guangxiensis''
*''Lindera kariensis''
*''Lindera kwangtungensis''
*''Lindera latifolia''
*''Lindera limprichtii''
*''Lindera longipedunculata''
*''Lindera lungshengensis''
*''Lindera megaphylla''
|
*''Lindera melissifolia'' - Southern Spicebush
*''Lindera metcalfiana''
*''Lindera monghaiensis''
*''Lindera motuoensis''
*''Lindera nacusua''
*''Lindera neesiana''
*''[[Lindera obtusiloba]]''
*''Lindera praecox''
*''Lindera prattii''
*''Lindera pulcherrima''
*''Lindera reflexa''
*''Lindera robusta''
*''Lindera rubronervia''
*''Lindera setchuenensis''
*''Lindera strychnifolia''
*''Lindera subcoriacea'' - Bog Spicebush
*''Lindera supracostata''
*''Lindera thomsonii''
*''Lindera tienchuanensis''
*''Lindera tonkinensis''
*''Lindera umbellata''
*''Lindera villipes''
|}
[[Category:Laurales]]
