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The genus Sassafras is in the family Lauraceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Sassafras

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sassafras goesianum Teijsm. & Binn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sassafras laurus Macloskie	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sassafras mauritiana Bojer	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sassafras officinale Siebold	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Sassafras officinale T.Nees & Eberm.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sassafras officinarum J.Presl	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sassafras randaiense (Hayata) Rehder	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sassafras rubrum Raf.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sassafras sassafras H.Karst.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sassafras thunbergii Siebold	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Sassafras triloba Raf.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Sassafras tzumu (Hemsl.) Hemsl.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18

Statistics

The Plant List includes 25 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Sassafras. Of these 5 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 6 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Sassafras. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 25 species names for the genus Sassafras recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	5	20.0%
◕	Synonym	11	44.0%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	9	36.0%

All names

The status of the 31 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Sassafras recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	5	16.1%
◕	Synonym	16	51.6%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	10	32.3%

The confidence with which the status of the 25 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Sassafras, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	5	11	0	0	16	64.0%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	9	9	36.0%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Sassafras is as follows: