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laurocerasus

Taxon

Prunus laurocerasus L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 474. 1753 [1 Mai 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Prunus laurocerasus--WA. Grays Harbor Co. Quinault Rain For, Lake Quinault. 15 Jun 06 319.jpg

Prunus laurocerasus--WA. Grays Harbor Co. Quinault Rain For, Lake Quinault. 15 Jun 06 319.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Prunus laurocerasus--WA. Grays Harbor Co. Quinault Rain For, Lake Quinault. 15 Jun 06 316.jpg

Prunus laurocerasus--WA. Grays Harbor Co. Quinault Rain For, Lake Quinault. 15 Jun 06 316.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Prunus laurocerasus--WA. Grays Harbor Co. Quinault Rain For, Lake Quinault. 15 Jun 06 320.jpg

Prunus laurocerasus--WA. Grays Harbor Co. Quinault Rain For, Lake Quinault. 15 Jun 06 320.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Prunus laurocerasus--WA. Grays Harbor Co. Quinault Rain For, Lake Quinault. 15 Jun 06 311.jpg

Prunus laurocerasus--WA. Grays Harbor Co. Quinault Rain For, Lake Quinault. 15 Jun 06 311.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Prunus laurocerasus--WA. Grays Harbor Co. Quinault Rain For, Lake Quinault. 15 Jun 06 312.jpg

Prunus laurocerasus--WA. Grays Harbor Co. Quinault Rain For, Lake Quinault. 15 Jun 06 312.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Prunus laurocerasus--WA. Grays Harbor Co. Quinault Rain For, Lake Quinault. 15 Jun 06 314.jpg

Prunus laurocerasus--WA. Grays Harbor Co. Quinault Rain For, Lake Quinault. 15 Jun 06 314.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Prunus laurocerasus--WA. Grays Harbor Co. Quinault Rain For, Lake Quinault. 15 Jun 06 317.jpg

Prunus laurocerasus--WA. Grays Harbor Co. Quinault Rain For, Lake Quinault. 15 Jun 06 317.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Albania, Bulgaria, Iran, Libya, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe; introduced into Argentina South, Assam, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, California, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Ireland, Italy, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Netherlands, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Oregon, Portugal, South Australia, Spain, Switzerland, Tasmania, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Washington, West Himalaya (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

June 15, 2006

Location

United States, Washington, Grays Harbor (Quinault)

47.466111, -123.846111

Location Remarks

Quinault Rain Forest, trails in the coniferous forest southeast of Lake Quinault Lodge.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Rosaceae

Genus

Prunus

Specific Epithet

laurocerasus

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Moderate

ED 13.2

Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.5

Global rank

#99,673 of 335,497

Top 30%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →