Lauraceae, family Lauraceae, laurel family

a family of Lauraceae

• magnoliid dicot family — family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms

• laurel — any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family
• Laurus, genus Laurus — small evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves
• Cinnamomum, genus Cinnamomum — Asiatic and Australian aromatic trees and shrubs
• Lindera, genus Lindera — aromatic evergreen or deciduous dioecious shrubs or trees of eastern Asia and North America
• Benzoin, genus Benzoin — used in some classifications for the American spicebush and certain other plants often included in the genus Lindera
• Persea, genus Persea — avocado
• genus Sassafras — a genus of Sassafras
• Umbellularia, genus Umbellularia — aromatic evergreen trees of Pacific coast

• Ranales, order Ranales, Ranunculales, order Ranunculales — herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae