Lauraceae

The family of the Lauracées is a family of plants Angiosperme S of old divergence, which includes/understands more than 2000 Espèce S divided into 54 kind S:

  • Actinodaphne, Adenodaphne, Aiouea, Alseodaphne, Anaueria, Aniba, Apollonias, Aspidostemon, Beilschmiedia, Brassiodendron, Caryodaphnopsis, Chlorocardium, Cinnadenia, Cinnamomum, Clinostemon, Cryptocarya, Dehaasia, Dicypellium, Dodecadenia, Endiandra, Endlicheria, Eusideroxylon, Gamanthera, Hexapora, Hypodaphnis, Iteadaphne, Kubitzkia, Laurus, Licaria, Lindera, Litsea, Mezilaurus, Nectandra, Neocinnamomum, Neolitsea, Nothaphoebe, Ocotea, Paraia, Persea, Phoebe, Phyllostemonodaphne, Pleurothyrium, Potameia, Potoxylon, Povedadaphne, Ravensara, Rhodostemonodaphne, Sassafras, Syndiclis, Triadodaphne, Umbellularia, Urbanodendron, Williamodendron .

They are trees or shrubs with quasi persistent sheets.

Among the kinds belonging to this family one can quote:

  • Cassytha , they are lianas and herbaceous plants with reduced sheets, parasitic partial, originating in Africa, Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand sometimes classified in the families of Cassythacées.
  • Cinnamomum in which one finds the Camphrier and different the grooves S.
  • Sassafras
  • Persea they are trees (Avocatier S) giving fruits called lawyer S.
  • the Laurier of California ( Umbellularia californica ) is aromatic tree originating mainly in the west coast of the the United States.

In France this family is represented by the bay laurel ( Laurus nobilis ).

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