Laurus

Laurus nobilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Laurales
Classification System: APG III (down to family level) Main Page Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Magnoliids Ordo: Laurales

Familia: Lauraceae
Genus: Laurus
Species: L. azorica – L. nobilis – L. novocanariensis

Name

Laurus L. (1753)

• Type species: L. nobilis L.

Note

The genus is probably monotypic (Abdel-Moneim Ibraheim Aboel-Atta, 2009)

References

• Aboel-Atta, A-M. I. 2009. "On the Taxonomy of Laurus L. (Lauraceae), Evidence from Isozymes, RAPD and ISSR". Academic Journal of Plant Sciences 2(2): 82-91.
• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 369.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Lorbeeren
Ελληνικά: Δάφνη
English: Laurus
Nordfriisk: Loorbeeren
polski: Wawrzyn.
sardu: Lau
ייִדיש: אָבערבוים