PLANTS Profile for Prunus occidentalis (western cherry laurel)

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PLANTS Profile

Prunus occidentalis Sw.
western cherry laurel

Symbol:

PROC

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Tree

More Information:

Images:
Prunus occidentalis Sw.

Synonyms:
Prunus occidentalis Sw.

LAOC5

Laurocerasus occidentalis (Sw.) M. Roem.

Distribution:
Prunus occidentalis Sw.


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Related Taxa:
Prunus occidentalis Sw.

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 61 species in Prunus

Classification:
Prunus occidentalis Sw.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rosales
Family	Rosaceae – Rose family
Genus	Prunus L. – plum
Species	Prunus occidentalis Sw. – western cherry laurel

More Accounts and Images:
Prunus occidentalis Sw.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504624.

Time Generated: 11/23/2009 04:10 PM MST