Prunus lusitanica
| Prunus lusitanica | |
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| Foliage and immature fruit | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Prunus |
| Subgenus: | Prunus subg. Padus |
| Species: | P. lusitanica |
| Binomial name | |
| Prunus lusitanica | |
| Distribution map | |
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Prunus lusitanica, the Portuguese laurel cherry or Portugal laurel, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae, native to the Iberian Peninsula, Morocco, the Macaronesian archipelagos, and the French Basque Country.
The split between the subspecies (subsp. azorica, hixa, and lusitanica) is dated around the Pliocene.