| Common Names - Southern sassafrases | Synonyms - |
| Authority - R. Br. | Total Number of genera - 7 |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 14 |
| Plant forms - Tree/Shrub | |
| World Distribution - Temperate to tropical. Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Chile. Native to the southern hemisphere, with two species native to southern Chile and 12 species native to Australasia. | |
| Comments - See Monimiaceae Wood harvested from this family is often used as timber commercially. | |
| 1 - Atherosperma. 2 - Daphnandra. 3 - Doryphora. 4 - Dryadodaphne. 5 - Laurelia. 6 - Laureliopsis. |