Prunus laurocerasus L., 1753

🇬🇧 Cherry Laurel

🇫🇷 Laurier-cerise, Laurier-palme, Prunier laurier-cerise

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Fabids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Amygdaloideae
Tribe: Amygdaleae
Genus: Prunus
Species: Prunus laurocerasus

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Photographs

img/prunus-laurocerasus.webp — Prunus laurocerasus

img/prunus-laurocerasus-2.webp — Prunus laurocerasus

img/prunus-laurocerasus-4.webp — Prunus laurocerasus

img/prunus-laurocerasus-5.webp — Prunus laurocerasus

img/prunus-laurocerasus-6.webp — Prunus laurocerasus

img/prunus-laurocerasus-3.webp — Prunus laurocerasus - Leaf

img/prunus-laurocerasus-7.webp — Prunus laurocerasus - Bark

Sources

Maxted, N., & Kell, S.P. (2011). Prunus laurocerasus (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2011. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/172277/6862911
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 993). Biotope.