Distribution
Native to:
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
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Laurus albida Nutt. in Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 259 (1818)
- Sassafras officinale var. albidum (Nutt.) S.F.Blake in Rhodora 20: 99 (1918)
- Sassafras variifolium var. albidum (Nutt.) Fernald in Rhodora 15: 16 (1913)
- Tetranthera albida (Nutt.) Spreng. in Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 2: 267 (1825)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Laurus albida Loudon ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 513 (1864), not validly publ.
- Laurus diversifolia Stokes in Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 426 (1812), nom. superfl.
- Laurus salsafraz Noronha in Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 19 (1790), nom. nud.
- Laurus sassafras L. in Sp. Pl.: 371 (1753)
- Laurus variifolia Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 344 (1796), nom. superfl.
- Persea sassafras (L.) Spreng. in Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 2: 270 (1825)
- Sassafras albidum f. moldenkei Oswald in Phytologia 7: 321 (1961)
- Sassafras albidum var. molle (Raf.) Fernald in Rhodora 38: 179 (1936)
- Sassafras laurus Macloskie in Torreya 5: 198 (1905), nom. superfl.
- Sassafras officinale T.Nees & C.H.Eberm. in Handb. Med.-Pharm. Bot. 2: 418 (1831), nom. superfl.
- Sassafras officinarum J.Presl in F.Berchtold & J.S.Presl, Přir. Rostlin Aneb. Rostl. 2: 68 (1825)
- Sassafras rubrum Raf. in Sylva Tellur.: 134 (1838)
- Sassafras sassafras (L.) H.Karst. in Deut. Fl.: 505 (1881), not validly publ.
- Sassafras triloba Raf. in Autik. Bot.: 85 (1840), nom. superfl.
- Sassafras triloba var. mollis Raf. in Autik. Bot.: 85 (1840)
- Sassafras variifolium Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 574 (1891)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Chadde, S.W. (2019). Wisconsin Flora ed. 2: 1-818. Steve W. Chadde.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997). Flora of North America North of Mexico 3: 1-590. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
- Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
- Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
- Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.
- Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
- Rodrigues de Moraes, P.L. (2013). The collections of Lauraceae in the herbarium of Henri Van Heurck (AWH). Plant ecology and evolution 146: 360-383.
- Urziceanu, M. & al. (2020). Updated list of non-native ornamental plants in Romania. Contributii Botanice Universitatea "Babes-Bolyai" din Cluj-Napoca 55: 59-82.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Chadde, S.W. (2019). Wisconsin Flora ed. 2: 1-818. Steve W. Chadde.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997). Flora of North America North of Mexico 3: 1-590. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
- Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
- Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S.L., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. (2011). Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama: 1-112. Botanical reseach institute of Texas.
- Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
- Urziceanu, M. & al. (2020). Updated list of non-native ornamental plants in Romania. Contributii Botanice Universitatea "Babes-Bolyai" din Cluj-Napoca 55: 59-82.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0