Characteristics
Angiosperms (Dicots)
Tamala borbonia (L.) Raf.
Red Bay
Tree
Perennial
Vascular
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Native
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Citation
<a href=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/404692>Tamala borbonia (Linnaeus) Rafinesque, Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 2: 268. 1825.</a>
<a href=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358389>Laurus borbonia L. 1753.</a>
Without data (lectotype: Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina 1: pl. 63. 1731). Lectotypified by L. E. Kopp, Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14: 44. 1966. EPITYPE: USA: SOUTH CAROLINA: Beaufort Co.: St. Helena Island, 12 Sep 1982, Spongberg et al. 17194 (epitype: BM; isoepitypes: CAS, NY). Epitypified by J.L. Reveal et al., Taxon 63: 919. 2014.
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