Taxon: Prunus lusitanica L.

• the 10 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.
• Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• Portuguese laurel cherry   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• Portuguese-laurel   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• laurier du Portugal   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – French
  
• portugiesische Lorbeerkirsche   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  
• loro   (Source: Anales Inst Bot Cav ) – Spanish
  
• portugisisk lagerhägg   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Krussmann)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores, Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
  Northern Africa: Morocco
• EUROPE
  Southwestern Europe: France [s.w.]; Portugal; Spain - Cadiz, Guadalajara, Toledo

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Clapham, A. R. et al. 1962. Flora of the British Isles ed. 2.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage.
• Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres.
• Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931–1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc.
• Kalkman, C. 1965. The Old World species of Prunus subg. Laurocerasus including those formerly referred to Pygeum. Blumea 13:34.
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
• Ladero Alvarez, M. 1976. Prunus lusitanica L. (Rosaceae) en la península ibérica. Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles 33:207–218.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Ma, H. et al. 2009. Evaluation of flowering cherry species, hybrids, and cultivars using simple sequence repeat markers. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 134:435–444. [this study included samples of Prunus lusitanica that was resolved at the base of a group that included some members of subgenus Prunus and all members of subgenus Cerasus].
• Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rohrer, J. R. 2011. Prunus (Rosaceae). In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. 9: in press. [introduced].
• Silva, L. et al. 2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta).
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Prunus lusitanica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Prunus lusitanica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Prunus lusitanica.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Laurocerasus lusitanica (L.) M. Roem.
  (previously associated with 6 accessions)
• (=) Prunus lusitanica var. hixa (Brouss. ex Willd.) Koehne
  
• (=) Prunus lusitanica f. myrtifolia (Mouill.) hort. ex Zabel
  

Check other web resources for Prunus lusitanica L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Prunus lusitanica cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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