Sassafras Nees v. Esenbeck and Ebermaier 1831 (sassafras)
Magnoliopsida - Magnoliales - Magnoliidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 157337
Parent taxon: Lauraceae according to R. W. Brown 1959
Sister taxa: Bandulskaia, Beilschmiedia, Cinnamomum, Crowella, Cryptocarya, Cryptocaryoides, Diemenia, Lauraceaephyllum, Lauraceophylloderma, Lauranthus, Laurinastrum, Laurinoxylon, Laurocalyx, Laurocarpum, Laurophyllites, Laurophyllum, Laurus, Litsaeophyllum, Litsea, Litseopsis, Malapoenna, Marmarthia, Mauldinia, Nectandrophyllum, Neolitsea, Ocotea, Ocoteoxylon, Persea, Perseanthus, Persites, Piliparicutis, Potomacanthus, Protoravensara, Sassafrophyllum, Trianthera, Ulminium, Umbellularia
Subtaxa: Sassafras thermale