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|accepted_name=Prunus lusitanica
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 473. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Portugal laurel
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae;Rosaceae tribe Amygdaleae;Prunus;Prunus lusitanica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rosaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Rosaceae tribe Amygdaleae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Prunus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Prunus lusitanica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=page 355
|treatment_page=page 363
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, not suckering, 30–80(–200) dm, not thorny. <b>Twigs</b> with terminal end buds, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> persistent; petiole 14–20 mm, glabrous, eglandular; blade elliptic, oblong-ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, 6–13 × 2.5–7 cm, base obtuse to rounded, margins crenate-dentate, teeth blunt, glandular, apex acuminate, surfaces glabrous, abaxial eglandular, if glands present, restricted to margins. <b>Inflorescences</b> 18–60[–100]-flowered, racemes; central axes 100–280 mm, leafless at bases. <b>Pedicels</b> 7–15(–22) mm, glabrous. <b>Flowers</b> blooming after leaf emergence; hypanthium cupulate, 2.5–3.5 mm, glabrous externally; sepals spreading to reflexed, semicircular, 1–1.5 mm, margins entire, ± ciliate, abaxial surface glabrous, adaxial hairy; petals white, suborbiculate to obovate, 4–7 mm; ovaries glabrous. <b>Drupes</b> dark purple, ovoid to conic-ovoid, 8–12 mm, glabrous; mesocarps fleshy to leathery; stones ovoid, not flattened. <b>2n</b> = 32, 64.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jul; fruiting Aug–Nov.
|habitat=Disturbed sites, thickets, urban forests
|elevation=0–400 m
|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Oreg.;Wash.;Europe.
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name=Prunus lusitanica
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Rosaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jul; fruiting Aug–Nov.
|habitat=Disturbed sites, thickets, urban forests
|elevation=0–400 m
|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Oreg.;Wash.;Europe.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced
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|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Amygdaleae
|genus=Prunus
|species=Prunus lusitanica
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