Family · Magnoliids & basal
Lauraceae
Laurel, avocado, cinnamon, bay
Mostly aromatic evergreen trees and shrubs yielding bay leaves, cinnamon, camphor and the avocado fruit.
- Accepted species
- 3,422accepted names · Kew WCVP
- Genera
- 57accepted genera · Kew WCVP
- Origin
- ≈81 MaCretaceous · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
- Centre of diversity
- Asia-Tropicalmost native species · WGSRPD
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Plants you might know
- Laurus (bay laurel)
- Cinnamomum (cinnamon)
- Persea (avocado)
- Sassafras
Where it grows
- Asia-Tropical1,386
- Southern America1,164
- Asia-Temperate503
- Africa247
- Northern America159
- Australasia143
- Pacific101
- Europe1
Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.
Related families
Lauraceae sits in the order Laurales.