Cinnamomum camphora

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Family:	LAURACEAE
Species:	Cinnamomum camphora (L.)J.Presl
Common Name:	CAMPHORTREE
Status:	Not Native, FISC(I), UPL (NWPL), U (WAP)
Specimen:	View details of USF Herbarium specimens

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Classification

Division
Class
Sub Class
Order	LAURALES
Family	LAURACEAE
Genus	Cinnamomum
Species	Cinnamomum camphora (L.)J.Presl - CAMPHORTREE

Citation

Citation	CINNAMOMUM CAMPHORA (Linnaeus) J. Presl, in Berchtold & J. Presl, Prir. Rostlin 2(Laurac.): 36, 47-56, pl. 8. 1825.
Basionym:	Laurus camphora Linnaeus 1753.
Type:	Without data (lectotype: LINN 518.7). Lectotypified by Kostermans, in Bosser et al., Fl. Mascareignes 163: 12. 1982.

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Source

County	Herbaria	Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Alachua	FLAS
Baker	PIHG
Bay	UWFP
Brevard	USF
Calhoun	USF
Citrus	USF
Clay	PIHG
DeSoto	USF
Duval	FLAS
Escambia	USF
Flagler	PIHG
Franklin	FSU
Gadsden	USF
Gilchrist	USF
Gulf	FSU
Hamilton	USF
Hernando	USF
Hillsborough	USF
Holmes	FSU
Jackson	FSU
Jefferson	FSU
Lafayette	FSU
Lake	USF
Lee	USF
Leon	USF
Liberty	FLAS
Madison	FSU
Manatee	USF
Marion	USF
Nassau	USF
Okaloosa	UWFP
Orange	USF
Osceola	USF
Pasco	USF
Pinellas	USF
Polk	USF
Putnam	USF
Santa Rosa	USF
Sarasota	USF
Seminole	USF
St. Johns	PIHG
St. Lucie	FLAS
Sumter	USF
Taylor	FLAS
Volusia	USF
Wakulla	FSU
Walton	USF
Washington	UWFP

Synonyms

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Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
Camphora camphora	Camphora camphora (Linnaeus) H. Karsten, Deut. Fl. 504. 1881, nom. inadmiss.	BASIONYM: Laurus camphora Linnaeus 1753.
Camphora officinalis	Camphora officinalis Nees von Esenbeck ex Steudel, Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2. 1: 271. 1840, nom. illegit.	BASIONYM: Camphora officinarum Nees von Esenbeck 1831; Laurus camphora camphora Linnaeus 1753.
Camphora officinarum	Camphora officinarum Nees von Esenbeck, in Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 72. 1831.	BASIONYM: Laurus camphora Linnaeus 1753.
Cinnamomum camphoriferum	Cinnamomum camphoriferum Saint-Lager, Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 122. 1880, nom. illegit.	BASIONYM: Laurus camphorifera Salisbury 1796, nom. illegit.; Laurus camphora Linnaeus 1753.
Laurus camphora	Laurus camphora Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 369. 1753.		TYPE: Without data (lectotype: LINN 518.7). Lectotypified by Kostermans, in Bosser et al., Fl. Mascareignes 163: 12. 1982.
Laurus camphorifera	Laurus camphorifera Salisbury, Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 343. 1796, nom. illegit.	BASIONYM: Laurus camphora Linnaeus 1753.
Persea camfora	Persea camfora Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 2: 268. 1825, nom. illegit.	BASIONYM: Laurus camphora Linnaeus 1573.
Cinnamomum camphora var. glaucescens	Cinnamomum camphora (Linnaeus) J. Presl, var. glaucescens Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 41: 919. 1927.
Cinnamomum camphora var. nominale	Cinnamomum camphora (Linnaeus) J. Presl, var. nominale Hayata, in Matsumura & Hayata, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 22: 349. 1906.
Cinnamomum camphoroides	Cinnamomum camphoroides Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formos. 3: 158. 1913.
Cinnamomum nominale	Cinnamomum nominale (Hayata) Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formos. 3: 160. 1913.	BASIONYM: Cinnamomum camphora (Linnaeus) J. Presl, var. nominale Hayata 1906.

Specimens

Country	State	County	Date	Specimen	Notes
USA	Florida	Citrus Co.	09 Nov 1985	C. vanHoek s.n.
USA	Florida	Walton Co.	25 Nov 1980	G. Wilhelm 8090
USA	Florida	Sumter Co.	28 Jun 1984	R. P. Wunderlin 9809
USA	Florida	Pinellas Co.	15 Nov 1993	B. F. Hansen 12642
USA	Florida	Osceola Co.	27 Jul 2001	S. Myers 210
USA	Florida	Volusia Co.	15 Jan 2006	J. M. Kunzer 1323
USA	Florida	Liberty/Wakulla/Leon Co.	09 Oct 2001	K. Francl 323
USA	Florida	Brevard Co.	16 Oct 1973	A.G. Shuey M0281
USA	Florida	Hillsborough Co.	18 Oct 1994	S. Landry s.n.
USA	Florida	Gilchrist Co.	26 Apr 1981	D. S. Correll 51687
USA	Florida	Hillsborough Co.	21 Mar 1965	D. Laker s.n.
USA	Florida	Hillsborough Co.	May 1971	O. K. Lakela 32159
USA	Florida	Pinellas Co.	24 Mar 1983	G. Fleming 3471
USA	Florida	Manatee Co.	10 Feb 1993	P. Benshoff LM0079
USA	Florida	Pasco Co.	10 Jun 1984	B. F. Hansen 9947
USA	Florida	Santa Rosa Co.	19 Jun 1981	G. Wilhelm 9131
USA	Florida	Escambia Co.	30 Jun 1981	G. Wilhelm 9440
USA	Florida	Putnam Co.	04 Nov 2001	S. Myers 335
USA	Florida	Pinellas Co.	10 Mar 1952	G. R. Cooley 979
USA	Florida	Hernando Co.	29 Apr 1958	G. R. Cooley 6319
USA	Florida	Pinellas Co.	12 Oct 1976	P. Genelle 2530
USA	Florida	Polk Co.	26 Feb 1977	P. Genelle 2650
USA	Florida	Hillsborough Co.	22 Mar 1968	O. K. Lakela 31342
USA	Florida	Leon Co.	03 Jul 1967	K. E. Blum 2712
USA	Florida	Pinellas Co.	06 Jul 1993	B. F. Hansen 12308
USA	Florida	Orange Co.	30 Dec 2000	S. Myers 53
USA	Florida	Lee Co.	06 Aug 1999	R. Workman s.n.
USA	Florida	Hernando Co.	03 Mar 1986	D. M. Krofta s.n.
USA	Florida	Pinellas Co.	14 Nov 1987	G. Fleming 3845
USA	Florida	Sarasota Co.	16 Apr 1943	A. E. Perkins s.n.
USA	Florida	Sarasota Co.	04 Mar 1943	A. E. Perkins s.n.
USA	Florida	Citrus Co.	12 May 2000	R. A. Hattaway FC0109
USA	Florida	Citrus Co.	17 Dec 1999	R. A. Hattaway FC0064
USA	Florida	DeSoto Co.	03 Aug 1978	A.G. Shuey 2125
USA	Florida	Lee Co.	07 Sep 2001	R. Clark s.n.
USA	Florida	Hillsborough Co.	12 Apr 2000	J. Myers 709
USA	Florida	Hillsborough Co.	11 Oct 1977	S. Mortellaro 179
USA	Florida	Lake Co.	30 Dec 1978	R. P. Wunderlin 6645
USA	Florida	Lake Co.	12 Oct 1979	B. F. Hansen 6493
USA	Florida	DeSoto Co.	29 Oct 1978	R. P. Wunderlin 6343
USA	Florida	Hillsborough Co.	January 1978	A. N. Arcuri 711
USA	Florida	Polk Co.	25 Feb 2009	J. M. Kunzer 2728
USA	Florida	Sumter Co.	01 Oct 2002	A. Bishop DB0062
USA	Florida	Pasco Co.	23 Apr 2004	E. M. Ferguson 734
USA	Florida	Calhoun Co.	02 Jul 2009	T. MacClendon 937
USA	Florida	DeSoto Co.	15 Sep 2008	A. R. Franck 955
USA	Florida	Marion Co.	19 May 2007	A. B. Meyer 96
USA	Florida	Seminole Co.	15 Nov 2010	W. D. Longbottom 14451
USA	Florida	Seminole Co.	13 Nov 2011	D. H. Williams 2731
USA	Florida	Seminole Co.	04 Apr 2012	D. H. Williams 3049
USA	Florida	Seminole Co.	27 Feb 2013	W. D. Longbottom 18555
USA	Florida	Seminole Co.	01 Apr 2014	D. H. Williams 3908
USA	Florida	Hillsborough Co.	02 Apr 2014	R. Chicone 1251
USA	Florida	Gadsden Co.	12 Mar 2015	S. Myers 1658
USA	Florida	Hernando Co.	29 Apr 1959	C. E. Wood 9108
USA	Florida	Duval Co.	29 Apr 1971	G. H. Morton 4689	CULTIVATED.
USA	Florida	Hernando Co.	26 Apr 1958	C. E. Wood s.n.	CULTIVATED.
USA	Florida	Hernando Co.	17 Mar 1964	O. K. Lakela 26949	CULTIVATED.
USA	Florida	Miami-Dade Co.	15 Apr 1969	W. T. Gillis 7918	CULTIVATED.
USA	Florida	Polk Co.	20 Jun 1971	D. Burch 4185	CULTIVATED.
USA	Florida	Leon Co.	28 Apr 1958	R. K. Godfrey 56524	CULTIVATED.
USA	Florida	Seminole Co.	15 Nov 2011	D. H. Williams 2735	CULTIVATED.
USA	South Carolina	Pickens Co.	25 Aug 1991	S. R. Hill 22567	CULTIVATED. Originally from Florida.
USA	Florida	Alachua Co.	30 Sep 1967	W. G. D'Arcy s.n.	CULTIVATED.
USA	Florida	Hernando Co.	18 Jun 1971	D. Burch 4115	CULTIVATED.
USA	Florida	Orange Co.	02 Aug 1970	D. Burch 3622	CULTIVATED.
USA	Florida	Nassau Co.	22 Jun 2015	L. M. Hassell B2015-449
USA	Florida	Polk Co.	15 Mar 1956	M. G. Gilbert s.n.	CULTIVATED.
USA	Louisiana	Cameron Par.	25 Mar 1983	D. D. Taylor 2621
USA	Alabama	Geneva Co.	28 Jan 2010	A. R. Diamond 21131
USA	South Carolina	Charleston Co.	12 Apr 1975	C. L. Rodgers 75140
USA	Louisiana	Ouachita Par.	23 Jan 1968	C. Smith s.n.	CULTIVATED.
USA	Florida	Hamilton Co.	01 Jul 2016	S. Myers 1849
USA	Florida	Miami-Dade Co.	27 Jan 1931	M. Mulvania s.n.
USA	Florida	Polk Co.	17 Jan 1996	J. Nunnallee s.n.
USA	Florida	Polk Co.	14 Mar 2001	S. Toole s.n.	CULTIVATED
USA	Florida	Polk Co.	15 Mar 1989	M. Dobersch 25	CULTIVATED

Listed Status: Florida

Listed Status:	(Florida):Source - Plants in the Preservation of Native Flora of Florida Act. Chapter 5B-40, Florida Administrative Code. 1998, amended.
Endangered:	A species of plants native to the state that are in imminent danger of extinction within the state, the survival of which is unlikely if the causes of a decline in the number of plants continue, and includes all species determined to be endangered or threatened pursuant to the Federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended.
Threatened:	Listed as Threatened Plants in the Preservation of Native Flora of Florida Act. Defined as species of plants native to the state that are in rapid decline in the number of plants within the state, but which have not so decreased in such number as to cause them to be endangered.

Listed Status: US

Listed Status: US	(U.S.) Source - List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants under the provisions of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended.
Endangered:	Any species which is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
Threatened:	Any species which is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.

WAP: Wetland AssessmentProcedure

Wetland Assessment Procedure (WAP): Source - Southwest Florida Water Management District, Wetland Assessment Procedure Instruction Manual for Isolated Wetlands (March 2005).

AD:	Adaptive Species. Plant species designated as FAC or Upland by DEP, but commonly seen in the transition zone in limited numbers.
D:	Deep Species. Plant species commonly found in the deep zone, and designated either FAC or OBL by DEP.
OD:	Outer Deep Species. Plant species commonly found in the outer deep zone, and designated either FACW or OBL by DEP.
T:	Transition Species. Plant species commonly found in the transition zone, and designated either FACW or OBL by DEP.
U:	Upland Species. Plant species that are not expected to be seen in wetlands.

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FISC: Florida Invasive Species Council

FISC:

Source - Florida Invasive Species Council's 2017 List of Florida's Most Invasive Species

Category I - Species that are invading and disrupting native plant communities in Florida. This definition does not rely on the economic severity or geographic range of the problem, but on the documented ecological damage caused.

Category II - Species that have shown a potential to disrupt native plant communities. These species may become ranked as Category I, but have not yet demonstrated disruption of natural Florida communities.

DEP: Department of Environmental Protection

Wetland Status, Department of Environmental Regulation (DEP): Source - Delineation of the Landward Extent of Wetlands and Surface Waters, Chapter 62-340, Florida Administrative Code. 1994.

OBL:	Obligate wetland. Occurs almost always under natural conditions in wetlands.
FACW:	Facultative Wetland. Usually occurs in wetlands, but occasionally found in non-wetlands
FAC:	Facultative. equally likely to occur in wetlands or non-wetlands.

NWPL: National Wetland Plant List

National Wetland Plant List (NWPL): Source - Lichvar, R.W., M. Butterwick, N.C. Melvin, and W.N. Kirchner. 2014. The National Wetland Plant List: 2014 Update of Wetland Ratings. Phytoneuron 2014-41: 1-42.

OBL:	Obligate Wetland. Occurs almost always (estimated probability 99%) under natural conditions in wetlands.
FACW:	Facultative Wetland. Usually occurs in wetlands (estimated probability 67%-99%), but occasionally found in non-wetlands.
FAC:	Facultative. Equally likely to occur in wetlands or non-wetlands (estimated probability 34%-66%).
FACU:	Facultative Upland. Usually occurs in non-wetlands (estimated probability 67%-99%), but occasionally found in wetlands (estimated probability 1%-33%).
UPL:	Obligate Upland. Occurs in wetlands in another region, but occurs almost always (estimated probability 99%) under natural conditions in non-wetlands in the regions specified.

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Category

Vascular:	Any of various plants that have the vascular tissues xylem and phloem. The vascular plants include all seed-bearing plants (the gymnosperms and angiosperms) and the pteridophytes (including the ferns, lycophytes, and horsetails). Also called tracheophyte.
Bryophyte:	A large group of seedless green plants including the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. Bryophytes lack the specialized tissues xylem and phloem that circulate water and dissolved nutrients in the vascular plants. Bryophytes generally live on land but are mostly found in moist environments, for they have free-swimming sperm that require water for transport. In contrast to the vascular plants, the gametophyte (haploid) generation of bryophytes constitutes the larger plant form, while the small sporophyte (diploid) generation grows on or within the gametophyte and depends upon it for nutrition.
Lichen:	The mutualistic symbiotic association of a fungus with an alga or a cyanobacterium, or both. The fungal component of a lichen absorbs water and nutrients from the surroundings and provides a suitable environment for the alga or cyanobacterium. These live protected among the dense fungal hyphae and produce carbohydrates for the fungus by photosynthesis. Owing to this partnership, lichens can thrive in harsh environments such as mountaintops and polar regions. The more familiar lichens grow slowly as crusty patches, but lichens are found in a variety of forms, such as the tall, plantlike reindeer moss. The association between the different organisms in a lichen is so close that lichens are routinely referred to as a single organism, and scientists classify lichens using the name of the fungal component.

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S1 - Typically 5 or fewer occurrences, very few remaining individuals, acres, or miles of stream, or some factor of its biology making it especially vulnerable in the state.
S2 - Typically 6 to 20 occurrences, few remaining individuals, acres, or miles of stream, or factors demonstrably making it very vulnerable in the state.
S3 - Typically 21 to 100 occurrences, limited acreage, or miles of stream in the state.
S4 - Apparently secure in the state.
S5 - Demonstrably secure in the state.
SE - State exotic or non-native.
SH - Historically known from the state, but not seen in the past 15 years.
SNA - Species for which a rank is not applicable. This is mainly those species which are now excluded from flora for various reasons.
SNR - Not yet ranked.
SX - Apparently extirpated from the state.

Global Rank

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G1 - Critically imperiled globally because of extreme rarity (5 or fewer occurrences), or very few remaining acres, or miles of stream) or especially vulnerable to extinction because of some factor of its biology.
G2 - Imperiled globally because of rarity (6 - 20 occurrences, or few remaining acres, or miles of stream) or very vulnerable to extinction throughout its range because of other factors.
G3 - Imperiled globally because of rarity (6 - 20 occurrences, or few remaining acres, or miles of stream) or very vulnerable to extinction throughout its range because of other factors.
G4 - Imperiled globally because of rarity (6 - 20 occurrences, or few remaining acres, or miles of stream) or very vulnerable to extinction throughout its range because of other factors.
G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.
GH - Historically known, with the expectation that it might be rediscovered.
GNA - Species for which a rank is not applicable. NatureServe does not typically rank hybrid species.
GNR - Not yet ranked.
GX - Species believed to be extinct.

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