New York Metropolitan Flora

Genus: Sassafras

Sassafras albidum
Sassafras albidum   (Nutt.) Nees  -  Sassafras

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Nomenclature

Sassafras J. Presl in Bercht. & J. Presl, Prir. rostlin 2: 30. 1825. Euosmus Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 258. 1818, nom. illeg. (Art. 52.1). Evelyna Raf., Sylva Tellur. 164. 1838, nom. illeg. (Art. 52.1). TYPE: Sassafras officinarum J. Presl (=Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees).

Key to the species of Sassafras

 

List of Sassafras Species

Sassafras albidum

References to Sassafras

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