Lauraceae Juss.

First published in Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 80. 1789 [4 Aug 1789] (1789)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Accepted Genera

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Rohwer, J. G. (1993). Lauraceae. In: K. Kubitzki, J. G. Rohwer & V. Bittrich (eds), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 366–391. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1996). Lauraceae. In: R. M. Polhill (ed.), Flora of Tropical East Africa. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
  • van der Werff, H. & Richter, H. G. (1996). Toward an improved classification of Lauraceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 83: 409–418.
  • van der Werff, H. (1991). A key to the genera of Lauraceae in the New World. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 78: 377–387.
  • van der Werff, H. (2001). An annotated key to the genera of Lauraceae in the Flora Malesiana region. Blumea 46: 125–140.

Neotropikey

  • Chanderbali, A. S.. (2004). Endlicheria (Lauraceae). Flora Neotropica Monograph 91, New York Botanical Garden Press, New York. 141 pp.
  • Madriñan, S. (2004). Rhodostemonodaphne (Lauraceae).  Flora Neotropica Monograph 92, New York Botanical Garden Press, New York. 102 pp.
  • Nishida, S. (1999). Revision of Beilschmiedia (Lauraceae) in the Neotropics. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 86: 657-701.
  • Rohwer, J. G. (1993). Nectandra (Lauraceae). Flora Neotropica Monograpg 60, New York Botanical Garden Press, New York, New York. 332 pp.
  • Van der Werff, H. (1991). A key to the genera of Lauraceae in the New World. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 78: 377-387.

Trees of New Guinea

  • Hyland, B.P.M. (1989). A revision of the Lauraceae in Australia (excluding Cassytha). Austral. Syst. Bot. 2: 135–367.
  • Kostermans, A.J.G.H. (1973). Synopsis of the genus Dehaasia (Bl.) Lauraceae. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 93: 424–480.
  • Kostermans, A.J.G.H. (1986). A monograph of the genus Cinnamomum Schaeff. (Lauraceae), Part I. Ginkgoana no 6.
  • Le Cussan, J. & Hyland, B.P.M. (2007). Lauraceae. Fl. Australia 2: 106–486.
  • Li, X.W., Li, J., Huang, P.H., Wei, F.N., Cui, H.B. & van der Werff, H. (2008). Lauraceae. Fl. China 7: 102–254. Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Rogier de Kok and Timothy M.A. Utteridge (2022). Trees of New Guinea. Timothy M. A. Utteridge and Laura V. S. Jennings (Eds) Kew Publishing. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Rohwer, J.G. (1993). Lauraceae. In: K. Kubitzki, J.G. Rohwer & V. Bittrich (eds), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 366–391. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  • van der Werff, H. (2001). An annotated key to the genera of Lauraceae in the Flora Malesiana region. Blumea 46: 125–140.
  • van der Werff, H. (2019). Alseodaphnopsis (Lauraceae) revisited. Blumea 64: 186–189.

The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Rohwer, J. G. (1993). Lauraceae. In: K. Kubitzki, J. G. Rohwer & V. Bittrich (eds), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, II: 366–391. Springer Verlag, Berlin & Heidelberg.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1996). Lauraceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
  • van der Werff, H. & Richter, H. G. (1996). Toward an improved classification of Lauraceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 83: 409–418.
  • van der Werff, H. (1991). A key to the genera of Lauraceae in the New World. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 78: 377–387.
  • van der Werff, H. (2001). An annotated key to the genera of Lauraceae in the Flora Malesiana region. Blumea 46: 125–140.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0