Laurel family

Lauraceae in Australia

MAGNOLIIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Christine Ashe

(updated 27 September 2009)

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Flowers in Australia

Cassytha paniculata Devil's Twine Wyee, March 2007

Cinnamomum camphora Camphor Laurel Sydney, August 2006

Laurus nobilis Bay Tree Sydney, October 2006

Persea americana Avocado Sydney, August 2006

Species in Lauraceae are the favoured foodplant of some caterpillars of Australian butterflies and moths, including:

Graphium sarpedon	Candalides acasta	Candalides erinus	Candalides geminus	Candalides hyacinthina
Philiris diana	Philiris fulgens	Netrocoryne repanda	Chaetocneme porphyropis	Charaxes latona
Hecatesia exultans	Hecatesia fenestrata	Eucyclodes buprestaria	Opodiphthera rhythmica	Corymica pryeri

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Australian butterflies

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