肉桂属（学名：Cinnamomum），是樟目樟科的一属植物，为常绿乔木或灌木[1]，约有300种存在。
肉桂属在早始新世起源于劳亚古陆，在新生代时扩张到北半球高纬度地区, 在晚始新世后由于气候变冷向南退缩, 并因白令陆桥的消失而形成跨太平洋的间断分布[2]。
属名Cinnamomum源于希腊语kinnamomon，即肉桂树。狭义樟属（Camphora）拆分出之前，本属更多地被称为樟属。
种
肉桂属的部分物种如下：
- Cinnamomum aromaticum 异名： Cinnamomum cassia
- 毛桂 Cinnamomum appelianum
- 华南桂 Cinnamomum austro-sinense
- 滇南桂 Cinnamomum austro-yunnanense
- 钝叶桂 Cinnamomum bejolghota
- 阴香 Cinnamomum burmanii
- 狭叶阴香 Cinnamomum burmannii f. heyneanum
- 肉桂 Cinnamomum cassia
- 聚花桂 Cinnamomum contractum
- 大叶桂 Cinnamomum iners
- 天竺桂 Cinnamomum japonicum
- 爪哇肉桂 Cinnamomum javanicum
- 野黄桂 Cinnamomum jensenianum
- 兰屿肉桂 Cinnamomum kotoense
- 红辣槁树 Cinnamomum kwangtungense
- 软皮桂 Cinnamomum liangii
- 银叶桂 Cinnamomum mairei
- 土肉桂 Cinnamomum osmophloeum
- 少花桂 Cinnamomum pauciflorum (山桂皮)
- 屏边桂 Cinnamomum pingbienense
- 刀把木 Cinnamomum pittosporoides
- 网脉桂 Cinnamomum reticulatum
- 卵叶桂 Cinnamomum rigidissimum
- 细叶香桂 Cinnamomum subavenium
- 柴桂 Cinnamomum tamala
- 假桂皮树 Cinnamomum tonkinense
- 辣汁树 Cinnamomum tsangii
- 平托桂 Cinnamomum tsoi
- 粗脉桂 Cinnamomum validinerve
- 锡兰肉桂 Cinnamomum verum
- 川桂 Cinnamomum wilsonii
- 薮肉桂 Cinnamomum yabunikkei
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum ，异名：Cinnamomum verum
现拆分至狭义樟属的物种：
- 猴樟 Camphora bodinieri ≡ Cinnamomum bodinieri
- 短序樟 Camphora brachythyrsa ≡ Cinnamomum brachythyrsum
- 坚叶樟 Camphora chartophylla ≡ Cinnamomum chartophyllum
- 尾叶樟 Camphora foveolata ≡ Cinnamomum foveolatum
- 云南樟 Camphora glandulifera ≡ Cinnamomum glanduliferum
- 八角樟 Camphora illicioides ≡ Cinnamomum ilicioides
- 油樟 Camphora longepaniculata ≡ Cinnamomum longepaniculatum
- 沉水樟 Camphora micrantha ≡ Cinnamomum micranthum
- 米槁 Camphora migao ≡ Cinnamomum migao
- 毛叶樟 Camphora mollifolia ≡ Cinnamomum mollifolium
- 樟 Camphora officinarum ≡ Cinnamomum camphora
- 黄樟 Camphora parthenoxylon ≡ Cinnamomum parthenoxylon
- 菲律宾樟树 Camphora philippinensis ≡ Cinnamomum philippinense
- 阔叶樟 Camphora platyphylla ≡ Cinnamomum platyphyllum
- Camphora purpurea ≡ Cinnamomum purpureum
- 绒毛樟 Camphora rufotomentosa ≡ Cinnamomum rufotomentosum
- 银木 Camphora septentrionalis ≡ Cinnamomum septentrionale
- 细毛樟 Camphora tenuipilis ≡ Cinnamomum tenuipile
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