Taxon:
Prunus lusitanica L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:473. 1753
Verified:
05/13/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
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Common names
English
Portuguese laurel cherry – Portuguese-laurel – French
laurier du Portugal – German
portugiesische Lorbeerkirsche – Spanish
loro – Swedish
portugisisk lagerhägg –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Azores | |
1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Madeira Islands | |
1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Spain | Canary Islands | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | s.w. |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | Cadiz | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | Guadalajara | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | Toledo | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Azores, Madeira Islands]
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Morocco
Europe
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain [Cadiz, Guadalajara, Toledo], France (s.w.), Portugal
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Environmental