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Lauraceae
Camphora

not marked as a favorite taxon *Camphora Fabricius. Common name: Camphor.

A genus of about 20 species, trees and shrubs, of e. and se. Asia. Huang et al. (2016) showed our introduced species "Cinnamomum camphora" in a basal clade to the rest of Cinnamomum, morphologically and biogeographically distinctive, warranting its re-separation as genus Camphora Fabricius. This finding has been elaborated and confirmed by Yang et al. (2022b), who made necessary new combinations for species of Camphora.

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References: Franck (2012); Huang et al. (2016); Rohwer (1993a) In Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); van der Werff (1997a) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997); Yang et al. (2022b). Show full citations.

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image #1 of Camphora© Janet Wright, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Janet Wright | Camphora officinarum source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
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