Ocotea odorifera

Ocotea odorifera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Laurales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Magnoliids Ordo: Laurales

Familia: Lauraceae
Tribus: Cinnamomeae
Genus: Ocotea
Species: Ocotea odorifera

Name

Ocotea odorifera (Vell.) Rohwer, 1986

Synonyms

• Aydendron suaveolens Nees
• Laurus camelilla Willd. ex Meisn.
• Laurus odoratissima Steud.
• Laurus odorifera Vell.
• Mespilodaphne pretiosa var. latifolia Nees & Mart.
• Mespilodaphne pretiosa var. longifolia Meisn.
• Ocotea pretiosa Mez

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: South America Regional: Brazil Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Rohwer, J.G., 1986. Mitteilungen aus dem Staatsinstitut für Allgemeine Botanik in Hamburg 20:111.

Additional references

• Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O., Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C.F.S. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur (Argentina, Sur de Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107(1): i–xcvi, 1–983; 107(2): i–xx, 985–2286; 107(3): i–xxi, 2287–3348. ISBN 978-1-930723-70-2 ResearchGate (Vol. 2, Asteraceae); ResearchGate (Vol. 2, pp. 1581–1627, Bignoniaceae) . Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Ocotea odorifera in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 24. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Ocotea odorifera. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Ocotea odorifera. Published online. Accessed: June 24 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ocotea odorifera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Brazilian sassafras, American cinnamon

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