Ocotea

Ocotea
O. foetens on the highlands of Madeira Island
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Ocotea
Aubl.
Species

Over 520, see List of Ocotea species

Synonyms
  • Aperiphracta Nees ex Meisn.
  • Balanopsis Raf.
  • Borbonia Adans., nom. illeg.
  • Calycodaphne Bojer
  • Camphoromoea Nees
  • Ceramocarpium Meisn. ex Nees, pro syn.
  • Ceramophora Nees ex Meisn., not validly publ.
  • Gymnobalanus Nees & Mart.
  • Keiria Bowdich
  • Leptodaphne Nees
  • Linharia Arruda
  • Nemodaphne Meisn.
  • Oreodaphne Nees & Mart.
  • Petalanthera Nees
  • Povedadaphne W.C.Burger
  • Senneberia Neck., opus utique oppr.
  • Strychnodaphne Nees & Mart.
  • Teleiandra Nees & Meyen

Ocotea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Lauraceae. Many are evergreen trees with lauroid leaves.

There are over 520 species currently accepted within the genus, distributed mostly in tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas (around 300 species) including the Caribbean and West Indies, but also with some species in Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands. One species (O. foetens) is native to the Macaronesia (in Canary Islands and Madeira). The genus is suspected to be paraphyletic.

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