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As classified in WFO snapshot

December 2023

Warning: older classification

genus

Sassafras L. ex Nees

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

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000034143.

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Synonyms of Sassafras

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Euosmus	(Nutt.) Rchb.	Consp. Regn. Veg. : 87 (1828)	wfo-4000014207
Pseudosassafras	Lecomte	Notul. Syst. (Paris) 2: 268 (1912)	wfo-4000031675
Yushunia	Kamik.	Rep. (Annual) Taihoku Bot. Gard. 3: 77 (1933)	wfo-4000041109

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Sassafras:

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Sassafras albidum var. glauca	Nieuwl.	Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 347. 1914	wfo-0001396912
Sassafras sassafras	Sudw.	–	wfo-0001349103
Sassafras sassafras var. officinale	Clute	Amer. Bot. (Binghamton) 11: 72. 1906	wfo-0001396913