Camphora officinarum var. officinarum

Camphora officinarum var. officinarum

Camphora officinarum var. officinarum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Laurales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Magnoliids Ordo: Laurales

Familia: Lauraceae
Tribus: Cinnamomeae
Genus: Camphora
Species: Camphora officinarum
Varietate: Camphora officinarum var. officinarum

Name

Camphora officinarum var. officinarum autonym

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Camphora camelliifolia Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 22 (1889)
  • Camphora decaisnei Lukman.
  • Camphora decandollei Lukman.
  • Camphora humboldtii Lukman.
  • Camphora humboldtii var. syringifolia Lukman.
  • Camphora neesii Lukman.
  • Camphora neesii var. microphylla Lukman.
  • Camphora neesii var. pharbitifolia Lukman.
  • Camphora officinarum var. hahnemannii Lukman.
  • Camphora officinarum var. hippocratei Lukman.
  • Camphora officinarum var. glaucescens A.Braun, Verb. Preuss. Gartenb. Ver. 21: 9 (1850)
  • Camphora oldhamii Lukman.
  • Camphora procera Lukman.
  • Camphora rougieri Lukman.
  • Camphora sieboldii Lukman.
  • Camphora thouarsii Lukman.
  • Camphora thunbergii Lukman.
  • Camphora thwaitesii Lukman.
  • Camphora vera Raf., Sylva Tellur. 136 (1838)
  • Camphora wrightii Lukman.
  • Camphora zollingeri Lukman.
  • Cinnamomum camphora f. cyclophyllum (Nakai) M.Kim, Korean Endemic Pl. 513 (2017)
  • Cinnamomum camphora subvar. hosyo Hatus., Biol. Mag. Okinawa 9: 13 (1972)
  • Cinnamomum camphora var. cyclophyllum Nakai, J. Jap. Bot. 19: 369 (1943)
  • Cinnamomum camphora var. glaucescens (A.Braun) Meisn., DC., Prodr. 15(1): 24 (1864)
  • Cinnamomum camphora var. linaloolifera Y.Fujita, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 65: 245 (1952)
  • Cinnamomum camphora var. rotundifolia Makino, Makinoa 8: 150 (1948)
  • Cinnamomum camphora var. werffii Dao, Fl. Vietnam 20: 217 (2017)
  • Cinnamomum camphoriferum St.-Lag.
  • Cinnamomum camphoroides Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 3: 158 (1913)
  • Cinnamomum henricii Saporta ex Staub
  • Cinnamomum officinarum Nees ex Steud.
  • Cinnamomum simondii Lecomte, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., ser. 5, 5: 73 (1913)
  • Cinnamomum taquetii Lév., Fedde, Repert. 10: 370 (1912)
  • Laurus calycina Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 421 (1812)
  • Laurus camphora L., Sp. Pl. 1: 369 (1753)
  • Laurus camphorifera Salisb., Prod. 343 (1796)
  • Laurus gracilis Hort. ex G.Don, Loudon Hort. Brit. 160 (1830)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Subtropical Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan Introduced into: Alabama, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, Georgia, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hawaii, Honduras, Laos, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Marianas, Mauritius, Mississippi, Nepal, New South Wales, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Pakistan, Queensland, Réunion, Seychelles, South Carolina, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Victoria, Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Camphora officinarum var. officinarum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 March 14. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2026. Camphora officinarum var. officinarum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2026. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2026 March 14. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• Afrikaans: Kanferboom
• беларуская: Камфоравае дрэва
• বাংলা: কর্পূর গাছ
• Deutsch: Kampferbaum
• Ελληνικά: Καμφορά
• English: Camphor tree
• español: alcanforero
• suomi: Kamferipuu
• français: Camphrier
• italiano: Canfora
• 日本語: クスノキ（樟、楠）
• 한국어: 녹나무
• polski: Cynamonowiec kamforowy
• português: Canforeiro
• русский: Камфорное дерево
• svenska: Kamferträd
• Türkçe: Kafur ağacı
• 中文: 樟树

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