Licaria [SEP] parent taxon
Licaria
Licaria is a flowering plant genus in the family Lauraceae, endemic of Central America and South America. It is a Neotropical genus with near of 40 species.
Overview.
Licaria is a Neotropical genus consisting of 38-40 species distributed from southern Florida, Mexico to the south of Brazil and Bolivia. In Brazil, the occurrence of 20 species and two subspecies, mostly in the Amazon region (Kurz 2000). These trees have a resilient wood, useful as timber, for construction and as firewood.
- "Cinnamomum verum" – cinnamon tree
- Laurus – true laurels
- "Laurus nobilis" – poet's laurel; sweet bay laurel
- Licaria – licaria trees
- "Licaria triandra" – Florida licaria
- Nectandra – nectandra trees
- "Nectandra coriacea" – lancewood
- Persea – bay trees
- "Persea americana" – avocado; alligator pear; ashue
- "Persea borbonia" – red bay
- "Persea palustris" – swamp bay
- Sassafras – sassafras