Taxon:
Prunus caroliniana (Mill.) Aiton
Summary
Place of publication:
Hort. kew. 2:163. 1789
Verified:
03/27/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- Bortiri, E. et al. 2006. Phylogenetic analysis of morphology in Prunus reveals extensive homoplasy. Pl. Syst. Evol. 259:53-71. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/606 Note: this study based on both morphological and molecular (nuclear (ITS) and plastid (trnL-trnF and trnS-trnG)) found that Prunus caroliniana together with P. ilicifolia - as representatives of subgenus Laurocerasus - grouped with members of subgenus Padus within a clade apart and sister to Prunus s. lat. that includes plums and apricots
- Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
- Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
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Common names
English
Carolina laurel cherry – cherry-laurel – laurel cherry – mock orange – wild orange –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Alabama | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Arkansas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Mississippi | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | North Carolina | s.e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | South Carolina | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | natzd. elsewhere |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina (s.e.), South Carolina]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Texas]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976) |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. |