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|accepted_name=Lindera
|accepted_authority=Thunberg
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Nova Gen. Pl.
|place=3: 64. 1783, name conserved
}}
|common_names=Spicebush
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Benzoin
|authority=Boerhaave ex Schaeffer
|rank=genus
}}
|hierarchy=Lauraceae;Lindera
|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>
|etymology=for John Linder, 1676-1723, Swedish botanist
|volume=Volume 3
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism size;whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Shrubs </b>or small trees, deciduous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="bark coloration;bark coloration"><b>Bark </b>grayish, becoming darker with age.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf odor"><b>Leaves </b>alternate, aromatic when crushed (at least when young).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf-blade architecture;leaf-blade texture"><b>Leaf-</b>blade pinnately veined, membranous to nearly leathery;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="surface pubescence">surfaces glabrous to densely pubescent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="domatium presence">domatia absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence arrangement;inflorescence arrangement;inflorescence architecture;inflorescence architecture;pair quantity;bract arrangement;bract quantity"><b>Inflorescences </b>appearing before leaves, axillary, clusters (pseudoumbels), clusters subsessile, nearly umbellate, each subtended by 2 pairs of decussate bracts.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower architecture;flower architecture;flower quantity;flower reproduction"><b>Flowers </b>unisexual, staminate and pistillate on different plants, a few bisexual flowers on some plants;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="tepal duration;tepal coloration;tepal coloration;tepal variability;tepal pubescence">tepals deciduous, yellow, pellucid-dotted, equal, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower architecture;stamen quantity"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: stamens 9;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="flower architecture;anther architecture or structure in adjective form;anther architecture;anther dehiscence">anthers 2-locular, 2-valved, introrse.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower architecture;staminode development"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers: staminodes variously developed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="flower architecture;ovary shape">ovary globose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="tepal duration"><b>Drupe </b>bright red, ellipsoid to nearly globose, borne on pedicel, with or without persistent tepals at base.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="drupe coloration;drupe shape;x chromosome quantity">x = 12.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;e Asia
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 100 (3 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
<div class="treatment-key-group">
  
{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf blade somewhat leathery, larger blades usually less than 8 × 4 cm, young leaves faintly aromatic when crushed, becoming essentially odorless with age.
|[[Lindera subcoriacea|Lindera subcoriacea]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf blade membranous, larger blades usually more than 8 × 4 cm, crushed leaves strongly aromatic throughout growing season.
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaves horizontal to mostly ascending; blade obovate, base cuneate, apex acuminate on larger leaves; fruiting pedicels of previous season not persistent on stem, not conspicously enlarged at apex; shrubs or small trees.
|[[Lindera benzoin|Lindera benzoin]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaves drooping; blade elliptic to ovate, base rounded to widely cuneate, apex acute; fruiting pedicels of previous season persistent on stem, enlarged at apex; low shrubs rarely over 1.5 m.
|[[Lindera melissifolia|Lindera melissifolia]]
|}
</div></div><!--

-->{{#Taxon:
name=Lindera
|author=B. Eugene Wofford
|authority=Thunberg
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=Benzoin
|basionyms=
|family=Lauraceae
|distribution=North America;e Asia
|reference=None
|publication title=Nova Gen. Pl.
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V3/V3_937.xml
|genus=Lindera
|anther architecture=2-valved
|anther architecture or structure in adjective form=2-locular
|anther dehiscence=introrse
|bark coloration=darker;grayish
|bract arrangement=decussate
|bract quantity=2
|domatium presence=absent
|drupe coloration=bright red
|drupe shape=ellipsoid;nearly globose
|flower architecture=pistillate;pistillate;staminate;staminate;pistillate;staminate
|flower quantity=few
|flower reproduction=bisexual;unisexual
|inflorescence architecture=umbellate;subsessile
|inflorescence arrangement=cluster;cluster
|inflorescence position=axillary
|leaf arrangement=alternate
|leaf odor=aromatic
|leaf-blade architecture=veined
|leaf-blade texture=membranous;nearly leathery
|ovary shape=globose
|pair quantity=2
|stamen quantity=9
|staminode development=developed
|surface pubescence=glabrous;densely pubescent
|tepal coloration=pellucid-dotted;yellow
|tepal duration=persistent;deciduous
|tepal pubescence=glabrous
|tepal variability=equal
|whole_organism duration=deciduous;deciduous
|whole_organism growth form=tree;shrub
|whole_organism size=small
|x chromosome quantity=12
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