Laurus sassafras Linnaeus , Species Plantarum 1 : 371. 1753 Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part L) Jarvis, Charlie    Laurus sassafras Linnaeus ,  Species Plantarum 1 : 371. 1753  79QLB (Nutt.) Nees Nees 1836 Nutt. Magnoliopsida Lauraceae Sassafras Plantae Laurales Tracheophyta species albidum      Laurus sassafrasLinnaeus,  Species Plantarum1: 371. 1753.  "Habitat in Virginia, Carolina, Florida." RCN: 2921.  Type not designated.  Original material: Kalm, Herb. Linn. No. 518.21 ( LINN); Herb. Clifford: 156,  Laurus1 ( BM); [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 222, f. 6. 1692; Almag. Bot.: 120. 1696; [icon] in Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina 1: 55, t. 55. 1730. 2611897667 LINN 518.21 2611897540 BM 156