AusTraits

Prunus lusitanica

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Family Rosaceae

Taxonomy: Prunus lusitanica L.

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Prunus laurocerasus L. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (10), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (19), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 43 records in 7 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 9 mm (8-12 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); purple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 82.5 mm (40-130 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 47.5 mm (25-70 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 1.25 cm (1-1.5 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (2); oblong (2); ovate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): obtuse (1); rounded (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (2); toothed_dentate (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 (3); 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]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): spreading (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 5.5 m (3-8 m) [sources: RBGV_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231419VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023810N. 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_244Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202233N. 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/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.