Lauraceae
This list of genera was made in July 2025 according to World Flora Online, Plants of the World Online, Stevens 2001 onwards (APWeb), Helmstetter et al. 2025, Huang et al. 2016, Rohwer et al. 2014, and Xu et al. 2025. This list includes only genera present in our herbaria: M and MSB.
| All genera (accepted genera in bold) | Stored under | Synonyms included |
|---|---|---|
| Actinodaphne Nees | ||
| Aiouea Aubl. | ||
| Alseodaphne Nees (prev. under Beilschmiedia Nees, Dehaasia Blume, Machilus Rumph. ex Nees, Persea Mill.) | ||
| Alseodaphnopsis H.W.Li & J.Li (prev. under Nothaphoebe Blume) | ||
| Andea van der Werff (prev. under Ocotea Aubl.) | ||
| Aniba Aubl. | ||
| Apollonias Nees | ||
| Beilschmiedia Nees | Tylostemon Engl. | |
| Caryodaphnopsis Airy Shaw (prev. under Beilschmiedia Nees, Nothaphoebe Blume) | ||
| Cassytha Mill. | ||
| Cinnamomum Schaeff. | ||
| Cryptocarya R.Br. | Ravensara Sonn. | |
| Damburneya Raf. (prev. under Nectandra Rol. ex Rottb.) | ||
| Dehaasia Blume | ||
| Dicypellium Nees & Mart. | ||
| Dodecadenia Nees | ||
| Endiandra R.Br. | ||
| Endlicheria Nees | ||
| Eusideroxylon Teijsm. & Binn. | ||
| Hypodaphnis Stapf | ||
| Kuloa Trofimov & Rohwer (prev. under Ocotea Aubl.) | ||
| Laurus L. | ||
| Licaria Aubl. | ||
| Lindera Thunb. | ||
| Litsea Lam. | ||
| Machilus Rumph. ex Nees | ||
| Mespilodaphne Nees (prev. under Nectandra Rol. ex Rottb., Ocotea Aubl.) | Sassafridium Meisn. | |
| Mezilaurus Kuntze ex Taub. | ||
| Nectandra Rol. ex Rottb. | ||
| Neocinnamomum H.Liu (prev. under Cinnamomum Schaeff.) | ||
| Neolitsea Merr. | ||
| Nothaphoebe Blume | ||
| Ocotea Aubl. | ||
| Parasassafras D.G.Long (prev. under Actinodaphne Nees) | ||
| Paxiodendron Engl. | ||
| Persea Mill. | ||
| Phoebe Nees | ||
| Pleurothyrium Nees | ||
| Ravensara Sonn. | Cryptocarya R.Br. | |
| Rhodostemonodaphne Rohwer & Kubitzki | ||
| Sassafras J.Presl | ||
| Sassafridium Meisn. | Mespilodaphne Nees | |
| Sextonia van der Werff | ||
| Tamala Raf. (prev. under Persea Mill.) | ||
| Tylostemon Engl. | Beilschmiedia Nees | |
| Umbellularia Nutt. | ||
| Urbanodendron Mez |
References
- Helmstetter, A.J., Ezedin, Z., de Lírio, E.J., de Oliveira, S.M., Chatrou, L.W., Erkens, R.H.J, Larridon, I., Leempoel, K., Maurin, O., Roy, S., Zauntini, A.R., Baker, W.J., Couvreur, T.L.P., Forest, F., Sauquet, H. (2025). Toward a phylogenomic classification of magnoliids. American Journal of Botany, 112,1, e16451. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16451
- Huang, J.-F., Li, L., van der Werff, H., Li, H.-W., Rohwer, J.G., Crayn, D.M., Meng, H.-H., van der Merwe, M.M., Conran, J.G., Li, J. (2016). Origins and evolution of cinnamon and camphor: A phylogenetic and historical biogeographical analysis of the Cinnamomum group (Lauraceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 96, 33-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2015.12.007.
- Rohwer, J., de Moraes, P.L.R., Rudolph, B., Van der Werff, H. (2014). A phylogenetic analysis of the Cryptocarya group (Lauraceae), and relationships of Dahlgrenodendron, Sinopora, Triadodaphne, and Yasunia. Phytotaxa, 158, 111-132. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.158.2.1
- Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since].
- Xu, J., Zhang, H., Yang, F., Zhu, W., Li, Q., Cao, Z., Song, Y., Xin, P. (2025). Phylogeny of Camphora and Cinnamomum (Lauraceae) Based on Plastome and Nuclear Ribosomal DNA Data. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 26, 3, 1370. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26031370
Foto: Laurus L. © Luo Chen