Prunus cerasus
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Family Rosaceae
Taxonomy: Prunus cerasus L.
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (doubtfully naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Kubiak_2009 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (11), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (20), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 44 records in 8 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
fire response
- resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: Kubiak_2009]
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
- fruit_width (numerical): 16.5 mm (13-20 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 16.5 mm (13-20 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): drupe (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- fruit_colour (categorical): red (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 60 mm (40-80 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 25 mm (15-40 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 1.5 cm (0.5-3 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); obovate (2); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): obtuse (1); rounded (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1); toothed_crenate (1); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2); tree (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 8 m (8-8 m) [sources: RBGV_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBGV_2023 | 15 | 20 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2023 | 8 | 11 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 3 | 3 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 3 | 3 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| RBGV_2022 | 3 | 3 | VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Kubiak_2009 | 1 | 1 | P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |