- Family:
- Lauraceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Sassafras L. ex Nees
Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees

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
- Laurus albida Loudon ex Meisn.
- Laurus albida Nutt.
- Laurus diversifolia Stokes
- Laurus salsafraz Noronha
- Laurus sassafras L.
- Laurus variifolia Salisb.
- Persea sassafras (L.) Spreng.
- Sassafras albidum f. moldenkei Oswald
- Sassafras albidum var. molle (Raf.) Fernald
- Sassafras officinale T.Nees & C.H.Eberm.
- Sassafras officinale var. albidum (Nutt.) S.F.Blake
- Sassafras officinarum J.Presl
- Sassafras rubrum Raf.
- Sassafras triloba Raf.
- Sassafras triloba var. mollis Raf.
- Sassafras variifolium var. albidum (Nutt.) Fernald
- Tetranthera albida (Nutt.) Spreng.
Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Syst. Laur.: 490 (1836)
Accepted by
- 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.
- 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.
Literature
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.
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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