Lauraceae

Genera 55 Accepted species 3,386 Documented here 182 Coverage 5%

We document 182 of the 3,386 accepted species in Lauraceae. The rest are listed, with their authorities and their identifiers, inside their genus. They have no page of their own because we could not find three openly licensed photographs of them, and a page without evidence is not a page we are willing to publish.

Genera we document 25 of 55

GenusDocumentedAccepted species
Litsea 25 396
Cryptocarya 22 362
Cinnamomum 15 257
Ocotea 14 540
Neolitsea 13 101
Persea 12 110
Beilschmiedia 11 269
Lindera 11 94
Endiandra 8 130
Machilus 8 130
Cassytha 7 20
Actinodaphne 6 125
Nectandra 6 99
Aiouea 5 72
Damburneya 3 25
Laurus 3 3
Licaria 3 85
Phoebe 2 76
Sassafras 2 3
Alseodaphne 1 53
Aniba 1 50
Kuloa 1 3
Mespilodaphne 1 9
Umbellularia 1 1
Williamodendron 1 5

Genera we do not yet document 30 genera

Real genera, accepted by World Flora Online, for which we have not yet found three commercially licensed photographs of any species. They are listed rather than hidden.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. Family circumscription, accepted names, authorities. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.