New York Metropolitan Flora

Genus: Lindera

Lindera - Spicebush

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Last Modified 02/15/2013

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Nomenclature

Lindera Thunb., Nov. Gen. Pl. 3: 64. 1783, nom. cons. TYPE: Lindera umbellata Thunb.

Benzoin Boerhaave ex J.C. Shaeffer, Bot. Exp. 60. 1760, nom. rej. Calosmon Bercht. & J. Presl, Prir. Rostlin 2: 71. 1825. Ozanthes Raf., Sylva Tellur. 133. 1838, nom. illeg. (Art. 52.1). TYPE: Benzoin odoriferum C.G.D. Nees (=Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume), designated by Wallich (1831).

Key to the species of Lindera

 

List of Lindera Species

Lindera benzoin

References to Lindera

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