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Taxon

Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume

Protologue Mus. Bot. 1(pt. 21): 324, in. obs. 1851 [1851?]BHLIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Lindera benzoin--Canada. Ontario. Casa Loma, Toronto. 11 Aug 02. 023.jpg

Lindera benzoin--Canada. Ontario. Casa Loma, Toronto. 11 Aug 02. 023.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Lindera benzoin--Canada. Ontario. Casa Loma, Toronto. 11 Aug 02. 024.jpg

Lindera benzoin--Canada. Ontario. Casa Loma, Toronto. 11 Aug 02. 024.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Lindera benzoin--Canada. Ontario. Casa Loma, Toronto. 11 Aug 02. 025.jpg

Lindera benzoin--Canada. Ontario. Casa Loma, Toronto. 11 Aug 02. 025.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Lindera benzoin--New York. Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 19 July 2009. 087.jpg

Lindera benzoin--New York. Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 19 July 2009. 087.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Lindera benzoin--New York. Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 19 July 2009. 085.jpg

Lindera benzoin--New York. Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 19 July 2009. 085.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Lindera benzoin--New York. Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 19 July 2009. 082.jpg

Lindera benzoin--New York. Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 19 July 2009. 082.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Lindera benzoin--New York. Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 19 July 2009. 086.jpg

Lindera benzoin--New York. Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 19 July 2009. 086.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Lindera benzoin--New York. Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 19 July 2009. 083.jpg

Lindera benzoin--New York. Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 19 July 2009. 083.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Lindera benzoin--New York. Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 19 July 2009. 088.jpg

Lindera benzoin--New York. Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 19 July 2009. 088.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 33 botanical countries across Northern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

August 11, 2002

Location

Canada, Ontario (Casa Loma)

Location Remarks

Toronto. One Austin Terrace, near the corner of Davenport Rd. and Spadina Ave.

Collectors

No collectors specified

No collection number

July 19, 2009

Location

United States, New York (Brooklyn Botanic Garden)

Location Remarks

1000 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, NY

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Laurales

Family

Lauraceae

Genus

Lindera

Specific Epithet

benzoin

Authorship

(L.) Blume

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.9

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#305,990 of 335,497

Top 92%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →