Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees belongs to the Lauraceae family. Flora of the World contains 2 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 2 countries.
Sassafras albidum. 83.0869--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Gard. 11 Feb 03. 103.jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Laurales
Family
Lauraceae
Genus
Sassafras
Specific Epithet
albidum
Authorship
(Nutt.) Nees
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.3
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#325,109 of 335,497
Top 97%
Extinction probability
5%
Location
Greece, Crete, Chania (Kisamos, UC Berkeley Botanical Garden)
35.421500, 23.646333
Location Remarks
Strawberry Canyon, University of California campus, city of Berkeley
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, North Carolina, Macon
35.093611, -83.520556
Location Remarks
Nantahala National Forest road off old U.S. route 64 (highway 1448), SW of city of Franklin; near Standing Indian on trail to Wasilik Poplar. 1115 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Tomomi Masaki
Notes
Treelet 1.5 m.
