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Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees

This species name was first published in Syst. Laur. : 490 (1836)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0001071258.

Synonyms of Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Laurus salsafraz Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 19 (1790) wfo-0000364121
Laurus variifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 344 (1796) wfo-0000364270
Laurus albida Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 259 (1818) wfo-0000364325
Persea sassafras (L.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 270 (1825) wfo-0000465845
Sassafras officinarum J.Presl Přir. Rostlin Aneb. Rostl. 2: 68 (1825) wfo-0000498966
Sassafras laurus Macloskie Torreya 5: 198 (1905) wfo-0000498968
Sassafras triloba Raf. Autik. Bot. : 85 (1840) wfo-0000498973
Sassafras rubrum Raf. Sylva Tellur. : 134 (1838) wfo-0000498975
Sassafras sassafras (L.) H.Karst. Deut. Fl. : 505 (1881) wfo-0000498976
Sassafras officinale T.Nees & C.H.Eberm. Handb. Med.-Pharm. Bot. 2: 418 (1831) wfo-0000498977
Sassafras variifolium Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 574 (1891) wfo-0001071299
Sassafras albidum var. molle (Raf.) Fernald Rhodora 38: 179 (1936) wfo-0001071317
Sassafras albidum var. albidum wfo-0001071318
Tetranthera albida (Nutt.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 267 (1825) wfo-0001071788
Laurus sassafras L. Sp. Pl. : 371 (1753) wfo-0001071792
Sassafras officinalis T.Nees & C.H.Eberm. Handb. Med.-Pharm. Bot. 2: 418 1831 wfo-0001071793
Sassafras triloba var. mollis Raf. Autik. Bot. : 85 (1840) wfo-0001071879
Sassafras variifolium var. albidum (Nutt.) Fernald Rhodora 15: 16 (1913) wfo-0001236432
Sassafras officinale var. albidum (Nutt.) S.F.Blake Rhodora 20: 99 (1918) wfo-0001245015
Sassafras albidum f. moldenkei Oswald Phytologia 7: 321 (1961) wfo-0001324633
Laurus diversifolia Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 426 (1812) wfo-0001354131
Laurus albida Loudon ex Meisn. Prodr. 15(1): 513 (1864) wfo-1200026432