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Prunus laurocerasus
| Description | Prunus laurocerasus, also known as cherry laurel, common laurel and sometimes English laurel in North America, is an evergreen species of cherry (Prunus), native to regions bordering the Black Sea in southwestern Asia and southeastern Europe, from Albania and Bulgaria east through Turkey to the Caucasus Mountains and northern Iran. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_laurocerasus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Rosaceae : Prunus : Prunus laurocerasus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Generic Name | Prunus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Prunus laurocerasus L. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Sp. pl. 1:474. 1753 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Cherry Laurel, Bulgarisk Lagerhägg, Körsbärslager, Laakerikirsikka, Lagerhägg, Laurbærkirsebær, Kerslaurier, Laurier Cerise, Kirschlorbeer, Kirschlorbeerbaum, Lorbeerkirsche, Cherry-laurel, Loureiro-cerejeira, Louro-cereja, Louro-cerejeira, Louro-inglês, Laurel Cerezo, Laurier-amande, Laurier-cerise, English Laurel, Laurierkers, Lorbeer-kirsche, Kirschlorbeer, Common Cherry Laurel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_laurocerasus |
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Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Prunus laurocerasus caucasica variety | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Prunus laurocerasus laurocerasus variety | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Prunus laurocerasus schipkaensis variety | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
References
| Aldén, B., Hjertson, M. & Ryman, S. (2013) SKUD - Svensk kulturväxtdatabas. Online: http://www.slu.se/sv/centrumbildningar-och-projekt/skud/om_skud/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas |
| Aronsson, Mora (2004) Thomas Karlssons Kärlväxtlista - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas |
| Karlsson, M. (2013) Checklista över Nordens kärlväxter (2013-04-23). Online: http://www.euphrasia.nu/checklista/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas |
| Karlsson, T. (1997) Förteckning över svenska kärlväxter. Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 91:241--560,(utgiven 1998). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas |
| L. (1753) In: Sp. Pl. 474 - via Catalogue of Life |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
