Family: Lauraceae
Kingdom: Plantae Rank: Family Parent: Laurales Status: Valid
Common Names:
- Lauraceae - English, United States of America
Vegetative Morphology
Habit: Mostly trees, sometimes shrubs, one genus of parasites.
Leaves: Leaves simple, usually opposite, rarely opposite, typically strongly aromatic, the lamina margins entire.
Reproductive Morphology
Inflorescence: Inflorescence usually axillary.
Fruit: Fruit a drupe with or without a persistent cupular calyx covering the base.
Seeds: Seed one per fruit.
Other
Notes: Perhaps the most difficult family taxonomically, but easy to recognize to the family level. Plants glabrous or pubescent with simple trichomes. The genera are typicall separated on the basis of technical floral morphology characteristics.