Bay Laurel

Laurus nobilis (binomen a Linnaeo statutum, nomine antiquo "Laurus") est typus generis Lauri, Lauraceis attributi. Laurus nobilis est arbustum foliis aromaticis, artibus coquorum et medicorum utilissimis, bacis etiam edulibus munitum. Species naturá iuxta oris maris Mediterranei crescit. Per has regiones olim "laurisilvae" (ita a palaeontologis nuncupatae) late florebantur, lauris et ilicibus virentes; quae silvae in Macaronesia hodie usque servantur, alibi autem abhinc decem milium annorum ob siccitatem evanescabant. Nomen Graecum "Δάφνη" fabula mythica explicavit: nympham Daphnen ab Apolline persecutam se in laurum convertisse;^[1] laurum postea Apollini sacram in coronis plectam ad victores athleticos et bellicos "laureandos".

Notae

Bibliographia

Fontes antiquiores

• 1597 : John Gerard, The Herball, or generall historie of plantes. Londinii: John Norton pp. 1222-1224 "laurus mas, laurus foemina"

Eruditio

• Suembikya Frumin, Aren M. Maeir, Liora Kolska Horwitz, Ehud Weiss, "Studying Ancient Anthropogenic Impacts on Current Floral Biodiversity in the Southern Levant as reflected by the Philistine Migration" in Scientific Reports vol. 5 no. 13308 (2015)
• Vaughan, John Griffith; Geissler, Catherine (2009). The New Oxford Book of Food Plants. Oxonii: Oxford University Press. ISBN 019954946X

Nexus externi

Vide "Laurus nobilis" apud Vicispecies. Situs scientifici: Tropicos • Tela Botanica • GRIN • ITIS • Plant List • NCBI • Biodiversity • Encyclopedia of Life • Plant Name Index • IUCN Red List • Plantes d'Afrique • Flora of China • INPN France • USDA Plants Database