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Species
Pukatea
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLaurales
- FamilyAtherospermataceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 14
- With media
- 16
- Family
- Atherospermataceae
- Collections
- US, RSA, VT, B
- Recorded in
- Ethiopia, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Atherospermataceae
- Image
- Atherosperma-GreensRoad-near Orbost1997.jpg
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- taxon name
- Atherosperma
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Atherosperma
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Distribution and habitat
- Ecology
- Use in horticulture
- See also
- References
thumb|Flowers at Leura
Atherosperma is a genus of flowering plant in the family Atherospermataceae. Its only species is Atherosperma moschatum, commonly known as black sassafras, Australian sassafras, southern sassafras, native sassafras or Tasmanian sassafras. It is a shrub to conical tree and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has densely hairy young branchlets, flowers and the lower surface of the leaves. Its leaves are lance-shaped to elliptic, sometimes with toothed edges, the flowers perfumed and white to cream, and the fruit is an achene.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Atherosperma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.