Phylogeny and Systematics of <i>Sassafras</i> (Lauraceae), an Interesting Genus with Disjunct Distributions in Eastern North America and East Asia

The Lauraceae is a family of the order Laurales, with 2500–3000 species comprising 50 genera, mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests. Up to two decades ago, the systematic classification of the Lauraceae was based on floral morphology, but molecular phylogeneti...

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Main Authors: Yunyan Zhang, Jingbo Zhou, David Y. P. Tng, Shuang Wang, Ying Wang, Ye Peng, Hong Liu, Zhongsheng Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-03-01
Series:Plants
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/12/6/1419