Cinnamomum camphora

Cinnamomum camphora

Cinnamomum camphora

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Lauraceae
Tribus: Laureae
Genus: Cinnamomum
Sectio: C. sect. Camphora
Species: Cinnamomum camphora

Name

Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J.Presl, Prir. Rostlin 2: 47 (-56, t. 8) (1825).

Synonyms

• Camphora camelliifolia Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 22 (1889)
• Camphora camphora (L.) H.Karst., Deut. Fl. 504. 1880-83
• Camphora hahnemannii Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 22 (1889)
• Camphora hippocratei Lukman., Nomencl. Iconogr. Cannell. Camphr. 21 (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 officinalis Steud., Nomencl. Bot. (ed. 2) 1: 271 (1840)
• 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 (L.) Nees & Eberm., Handb. Med.-Pharm. Bot. 2: 430 (1831)
• 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. nominale Hayata, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 22: 349 (1906)
• 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 nominale (Hayata) Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 3: 160-161 (1913)
• 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)
• Persea camphora (L.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 268 (1825)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate 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

Primary references

• Berchtold, F. & Presl, J.S.. 1825. O Prirozenosti Rostlin aneb rostlinar, obsahugjcj popsanj a wyobrazenj … 2: 47 (-56, t. 8).

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Cinnamomum camphora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 14. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Cinnamomum camphora. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 June 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Cinnamomum camphora. Published online. Accessed: June 14 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cinnamomum camphora in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.
• Cinnamomum camphora (L.) J. Presl – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Kanferboom
беларуская: Камфоравае дрэва
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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