Editing Sassafras (section)

==== North America ====
[[File:Sassafras hesperia 01.jpg|thumb|right|Fossil ''[[Sassafras hesperia]]'' leaf from Early [[Ypresian]], Klondike Mountain Formation, Washington, USA]]
* ''[[Sassafras albidum]]'' (Nuttall) Nees – '''sassafras''', '''white sassafras''', '''red sassafras''', or '''silky sassafras''', eastern North America, from southernmost [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] through the eastern [[United States]], south to central [[Florida]], and west to southern [[Iowa]] and [[East Texas]], formerly, Wisconsin<ref name=usfs1>{{Silvics |first=Margene M. |last=Griggs |volume=2 |genus=Sassafras |species=albidum}}</ref>
* †''[[Sassafras hesperia]]'' (Berry) – western North American, from the [[Eocene]] [[Klondike Mountain Formation]] of [[Washington (state)|Washington]] and [[British Columbia]];<ref name="WW1987" /> extinct, known only from fossils.