Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Prunus domestica
Rosaceae Juss.
Prunus domestica L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 475 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Habitat in Europae australioris locis elevatis."
Raphael, T.D. (1955), Tasmanian garden escapes. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 89: 150 [secondary reference]
Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 167 [secondary reference]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Rosaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 239 [secondary reference]
common name: Plum [n/a]
  • Text: "The following species [seven species listed in text] are widely cultivated and often persist in old gardens, around old farm areas etc., and may appear to be naturalized. Sometimes young plants do come up but the species do not appear to be spread far."
Smith, J.M.B. (26 May 1988), Prunus (Amygdalaceae) in New South Wales. Telopea 3(2): 153-154 APC [secondary reference]
  • APC Comment: The infraspecific identity of plants naturalised in NSW and Vic is uncertain.
  • APC Dist.: SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)