Complex sentence: The Lauraceae, also called the Laurel family, is a group of flowering plants with about 55 genera, and perhaps as many as 4,000 species world-wide, mostly from warm or tropical regions, especially Southeast Asia and South America.
Split into simpler sentences: The Lauraceae, also called the Laurel family, are a group of flowering plants comprising over 3000 species in over 50 genera world-wide. They occur mainly in warm temperate and tropical regions, especially Southeast Asia and South America.