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Details for: NA 61290,
Sassafras albidum
(Nutt.) Nees, GU 128
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Sassafras albidum
(Nutt.) Nees
Top Name:
GU 128
Origin:
Collected – United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
28 Sep 1989
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Sassafras albidum
(Nutt.) Nees
Top Name:
GU 128
Origin:
Collected – United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
28 Sep 1989
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Collected
28 September 1989.
United States
Locality:
Hillside, Forest Road 92, Shenandoah County, along Milk Run, George Washington National Forest, Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia
Coordinates:
38.8792, -78.6833
(Map it)
Elevation:
700m.
Collector(s):
Garvey, Edward J., USDA, ARS
Donated
28 September 1989.
Accession Names and Identifiers
GU 128
Type: Collector identifier
1989 Seed Collecting Trip to GW National Forest-Blue Ridge P
NA 61290
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum
Narrative
Sassafras albidum
(Nutt.) Nees
Genus:
Sassafras
Family:
Lauraceae
Nomen number:
33168
Place of publication:
Syst. laur. 490. 1836
Verified:
02/17/1995
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Laurus albida
Nutt.
Autonym(s)
Sassafras albidum
(Nutt.) Nees var.
albidum
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Laurus variifolia
Salisb.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Laurus sassafras
L.
Sassafras albidum
(Nutt.) Nees var.
molle
(Raf.) Fernald
Sassafras officinale
Nees & C. H. Eberm.
Sassafras triloba
Raf.
Sassafras triloba
Raf. var.
mollis
Raf.
Sassafras triloba
Raf. var.
triloba
Sassafras variifolium
Kuntze
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
sassafras
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
silky sassifras
1
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
English
white sassafras
1
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
German
Fenchelholzbaum
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
German
Sassafras
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
sasafrás
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish
sassafras
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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