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Taxon:
Laurus nobilis
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Laurus
Family:
Lauraceae
Nomen number:
21664
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:369. 1753
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
10/09/2009
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Botanical Society of the British Isles.
BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/BSBI/taxonsearch.php
Boutelje, J. B.
1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
Davis, P. H., ed.
1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
Der Marderosian, A. & L. Liberti.
1988. Natural product medicine: a scientific guide to foods, drugs, cosmetics
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Laurus+nobilis&quantity=1
Greuter, W. et al., eds.
1984-. Med-Checklist.
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Iwatsuki, K. et al.
1993-. Flora of Japan.
Jalas, J. & J. Suominen.
1972-. Atlas florae europaeae.
Kartesz, J. T.
1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
Krüssmann, G.
1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of
Handbuch der Laubgehölze
. 1976)
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Mabberley, D. J.
1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Magness, J. R. et al.
1971. Food and feed crops of the United States. IR Bull. 1
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Reichel, S.
1998. pers. comm.
Note:
re. German common names
Terrell, E. E. et al.
1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds.
1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Walters, S. M. et al., eds.
1986-2000. European garden flora.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
English
bay –
Reference(s)
bay laurel –
Reference(s)
bay-leaf laurel –
Reference(s)
Grecian laurel –
Reference(s)
laurel –
Reference(s)
sweet bay –
Reference(s)
French
laurier –
Reference(s)
German
Lorbeerbaum –
Reference(s)
Lorbeerstrauch –
Reference(s)
Japanese Rōmaji
gekkeiju –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
loureiro –
Reference(s)
louro –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
louro-comum –
Reference(s)
louro-de-apolônio –
Reference(s)
louro-europeu –
Reference(s)
Swedish
lager –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
yue gui –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Algeria
n.
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Libya
n.
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Morocco
n.
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Tunisia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Cyprus
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Israel
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Lebanon
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Syria
w.
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Turkey
w.
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Albania
w.
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina
w.
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Croatia
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Greece
incl. Crete
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Italy
incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Slovenia
1
Native
Europe
Southwestern Europe
France
incl. Corsica
2
Cultivated
also cult.
4
Naturalized
natzd. elsewhere
Native
Africa
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria
(n.),
Libya
(n.),
Morocco
(n.),
Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
WESTERN ASIA:
Cyprus
,
Israel
,
Lebanon
,
Syria
(w.),
Turkey
(w.)
Europe
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Albania
(w.),
Bosnia and Herzegovina
(w.),
Greece
(incl. Crete),
Croatia
,
Italy
(incl. Sardinia, Sicily),
Slovenia
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
France
(incl. Corsica)
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Krüssmann, G.
1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of
Handbuch der Laubgehölze
. 1976)
Environmental
ornamental
Walters, S. M. et al., eds.
1986-2000. European garden flora.
Food additives
flavoring
spice, safe
Der Marderosian, A. & L. Liberti.
1988. Natural product medicine: a scientific guide to foods, drugs, cosmetics
Materials
essential oils
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Materials
lipids
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Medicines
folklore
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Name
References