View source for Sassafras ← Sassafras You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Sassafras |accepted_authority=J. Presl in F. Berchtold & J. S. Presl. |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=in F. Berchtold & J. S. Presl., Prir. Rostlin |place=2: 30, 67. 1825 |year=1825 }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Lauraceae;Sassafras |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Lauraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Sassafras]]</div></div> |etymology=Spanish sasafras |volume=Volume 3 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees,</b> deciduous. <b>Bark</b> red-brown, aromatic, thick, furrowed on old trunks. <b>Leaves</b> alternate, aromatic. <b>Leaf</b> blade pinnately veined, lobed or unlobed, basal veins more strongly developed than distal ones, papery; surfaces abaxially glaucous, glabrous or slightly pubescent; domatia absent. <b>Inflorescences</b> appearing before or with young leaves, situated in axils of bracts surrounding terminal buds, racemes or racemose panicles, flowers subtended by 1 linear bract. <b>Flowers</b> unisexual, staminate and pistillate on different plants; tepals deciduous, yellowish, equal, pubescent. <b>Staminate</b> flowers: stamens 9, anthers 4-locular, 4-valved, introrse. <b>Pistillate</b> flowers: staminodes absent or present; ovary ovoid. <b>Drupe</b> blue, ovoid, seated in shallow, single-rimmed cupule.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=North America;Asia. |discussion=<p>Species 2 or 3 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Sassafras |author=Henk van der Werff |authority=J. Presl in F. Berchtold & J. S. Presl. |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Lauraceae |distribution=North America;Asia. |reference=None |publication title=in F. Berchtold & J. S. Presl., Prir. Rostlin |publication year=1825 |special status= |source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_1062.xml |genus=Sassafras }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Lauraceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Lauraceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Sassafras.