spicebushes
Lindera
Lindera is a genus of about 80-100 species of flowering plants in the family Lauraceae, mostly native to eastern Asia but with three species in eastern North America. The species are shrubs and small trees; common names include spicewood, spicebush, and Benjamin bush.
41 branches of this genus, most-observed first
northern spicebush
speciesLindera benzoin
Lindera megaphylla
speciesLindera megaphylla
Blunt-lobe spicebush
speciesLindera obtusiloba
Lindera communis
speciesLindera communis
Oriental Spicebush
speciesLindera glauca
Taiwan spicebush
speciesLindera akoensis
Lindera aggregata
speciesLindera aggregata
Red-fruit Spicebush
speciesLindera erythrocarpa
kuromoji
speciesLindera umbellata
Lindera praecox
speciesLindera praecox
southern spicebush
speciesLindera melissifolia
Lindera angustifolia
speciesLindera angustifolia
Lindera reflexa
speciesLindera reflexa
Lindera triloba
speciesLindera triloba
Lindera pulcherrima
speciesLindera pulcherrima
Lindera nacusua
speciesLindera nacusua
bog spicebush
speciesLindera subcoriacea
Lindera sericea
speciesLindera sericea
Lindera rubronervia
speciesLindera rubronervia
Lindera chunii
speciesLindera chunii
Lindera neesiana
speciesLindera neesiana
Lindera setchuenensis
speciesLindera setchuenensis
Lindera lucida
speciesLindera lucida
Lindera fragrans
speciesLindera fragrans
Lindera caudata
speciesLindera caudata
Lindera chienii
speciesLindera chienii
Lindera metcalfiana
speciesLindera metcalfiana
Lindera queenslandica
speciesLindera queenslandica
Lindera bibracteata
speciesLindera bibracteata
Lindera floribunda
speciesLindera floribunda
Lindera montanoides
speciesLindera montanoides
Lindera kwangtungensis
speciesLindera kwangtungensis
Lindera villipes
speciesLindera villipes
Lindera racemosa
speciesLindera racemosa
Lindera prattii
speciesLindera prattii
Lindera wrayi
speciesLindera wrayi
Lindera macrophylla
speciesLindera macrophylla
Lindera balansae
speciesLindera balansae
Lindera robusta
speciesLindera robusta
Lindera citriodora
speciesLindera citriodora
Lindera laureola
speciesLindera laureola
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 54794.