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|accepted_name=Sassafras
|accepted_authority=J. Presl in F. Berchtold & J. S. Presl.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in F. Berchtold & J. S. Presl., Prir. Rostlin
|place=2: 30, 67. 1825
|year=1825
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Lauraceae;Sassafras
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Lauraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Sassafras]]</div></div>
|etymology=Spanish sasafras
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Trees,</b> deciduous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="bark coloration;bark odor;bark width;bark architecture;trunk life cycle"><b>Bark </b>redbrown, aromatic, thick, furrowed on old trunks.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf arrangement;leaf odor"><b>Leaves </b>alternate, aromatic.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf-blade architecture;leaf-blade shape;leaf-blade shape;basal vein texture"><b>Leaf-</b>blade pinnately veined, lobed or unlobed, basal veins more strongly developed than distal ones, papery;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="surface pubescence;surface pubescence;surface pubescence">surfaces abaxially glaucous, glabrous or slightly 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="leaf life cycle;terminal bud position relational;terminal raceme position relational;terminal racemose-panicle position relational;bract quantity;bract arrangement or course or shape"><b>Inflorescences </b>appearing before or with young leaves, situated in axils of bracts surrounding terminal buds, racemes or racemose-panicles, flowers subtended by 1 linear bract.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower architecture;flower architecture"><b>Flowers </b>unisexual, staminate and pistillate on different plants;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="tepal duration;tepal coloration;tepal variability;tepal pubescence">tepals deciduous, yellowish, equal, pubescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="flower architecture;stamen quantity;anther architecture or structure in adjective form;anther architecture;anther dehiscence"><b>Staminate </b>flowers: stamens 9, anthers 4-locular, 4-valved, introrse.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="flower architecture;staminode presence;staminode presence"><b>Pistillate </b>flowers: staminodes absent or present;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="flower architecture;ovary shape">ovary ovoid.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="drupe coloration;drupe shape;drupe location;cupule depth;cupule relief"><b>Drupe </b>blue, ovoid, seated in shallow, single-rimmed cupule.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Asia
|discussion=<p>Species 2 or 3 (1 in the flora).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Sassafras
|author=Henk van der Werff
|authority=J. Presl in F. Berchtold & J. S. Presl.
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Lauraceae
|distribution=North America;Asia
|reference=None
|publication title=in F. Berchtold & J. S. Presl., Prir. Rostlin
|publication year=1825
|special status=
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|genus=Sassafras
|anther architecture=4-valved
|anther architecture or structure in adjective form=4-locular
|anther dehiscence=introrse
|bark architecture=furrowed
|bark coloration=redbrown
|bark odor=aromatic
|bark width=thick
|basal vein texture=papery
|bract arrangement or course or shape=linear
|bract quantity=1
|cupule depth=shallow
|cupule relief=single-rimmed
|domatium presence=absent
|drupe coloration=blue
|drupe location=seated
|drupe shape=ovoid
|flower architecture=pistillate;pistillate;staminate;pistillate;staminate
|flower reproduction=unisexual
|leaf arrangement=alternate
|leaf life cycle=young
|leaf odor=aromatic
|leaf-blade architecture=veined
|leaf-blade shape=unlobed;lobed
|ovary shape=ovoid
|stamen quantity=9
|staminode presence=absent;absent
|surface pubescence=pubescent;glabrous;glaucous
|tepal coloration=yellowish
|tepal duration=deciduous
|tepal pubescence=pubescent
|tepal variability=equal
|terminal bud position relational=surrounding
|terminal raceme position relational=surrounding
|terminal racemose-panicle position relational=surrounding
|trunk life cycle=old
|whole_organism duration=deciduous
|whole_organism growth form=tree
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