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|accepted_name=Lindera melissifolia
|accepted_authority=(Walter) Blume
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Mus. Bot.
|place=1: 324. 1851 (as melissaefolia)
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|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
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|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Laurus melissifolia
|authority=Walter
|publication_title=Fl. Carol.,
|publication_place=134. 1788
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Benzoin melissifolia
|authority=(Walter) Nees (as melissaefolia)
}}
|hierarchy=Lauraceae;Lindera;Lindera melissifolia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Lauraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lindera]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Lindera melissifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Low </b>shrubs, rarely over 1.5 m. <b>Young</b> twigs pubescent. <b>Leaves</b> drooping, strongly aromatic (similar to sassafras or root beer) throughout growing season; petiole ca. 10 mm, pubescent. <b>Leaf</b> blade elliptic to ovate, 8-16 × 3-6 cm, membranous, base rounded to widely cuneate, margins ciliate, apex acute; surfaces abaxially and adaxially pubescent. <b>Drupe</b> nearly globose, ca. 12 mm; fruiting pedicels of previous season persistent on stem, stout, 9-12 mm, apex enlarged.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Low woods, depressions, pond and sink margins, Coastal Plain and Mississippi Embayment
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Ark.;Ga.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;S.C.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p><i>Lindera melissifolia</i> has not been seen in Alabama, Florida, or Louisiana in over a century.</p><!--
--><p>The orthographic variants "melissaefolia" and "melisaefolium" have sometimes been used.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Lindera melissifolia
|author=
|authority=(Walter) Blume
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Benzoin melissifolia
|basionyms=Laurus melissifolia
|family=Lauraceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Low woods, depressions, pond and sink margins, Coastal Plain and Mississippi Embayment
|elevation=0-100 m
|distribution=Ark.;Ga.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;S.C.
|reference=None
|publication title=Mus. Bot.
|publication year=
|special status=Conservation concern;Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_538.xml
|genus=Lindera
|species=Lindera melissifolia
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