Avocado (Persea americana) is a key species within the Lauraceae family, has seen limited genetic research despite the commercial success of its Hass cultivar. Presently, research has sequenced ...

Phoebe bournei, also known as “nanmu”, is a tall, evergreen tree in the Lauraceae family, primarily found in China’s Fujian Province and other regions like Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, and ...

New York, United States, Oct. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The edible fruit of the avocado tree, Persea Americana, sometimes known as the alligator pear, belongs to the Lauraceae family. Avocados ...

Eight new species of Lauraceae from Andean South America and Panama are described and illustrated. Two belong to the genus Cinnamomum Schaeffer, C. lanigerum van der Werff and C. formicarium van der ...

Laurel Wilt is a fungal disease caused by an invasive pathogen, Raffaelea lauricola, which can affect a range of plants in the Lauraceae family, including sassafras and spicebush in Tennessee.

The redbay ambrosia beetle, Xyleborus glabratus Eichhoff (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), due to its association with Raffaelea lauricola T.C. Harr., Fraedrich & Aghayeva (Ophiostomatales: ...