Prunus mongolica

Prunus mongolica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Prunus
Species:	P. mongolica
Binomial name
Prunus mongolica Maxim.[1]
Synonyms
Amygdalus mongolica (Maxim.) Ricker

Prunus mongolica (the Mongolian almond) is a species of Prunus native to China and Mongolia, particularly the Gobi Desert. A small scrubby bush, reaching 1–2 m, it is adapted to extreme drought.[2] Genetic studies have shown that it is more closely related to the peaches, with its closest relative being Prunus tangutica.[3][4][5]

References

1. Maximovich, Carl J. (1879). "Ad florae Asiae Orientalis" [On the flora of East Asia]. Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou (in Latin). 54 (1). Moscou: Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou: 16.
2. Wang, Jǖgang; Zheng, Rong; Bai, Shulan; Gao, Xiaomin; Liu, Min; Yan, Wei; Chan, Zhulong (20 April 2015). "Mongolian Almond (Prunus mongolica Maxim): The Morpho-Physiological, Biochemical and Transcriptomic Response to Drought Stress". PLOS ONE. 10 (4): e0124442. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1024442W. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0124442. PMC 4404049. PMID 25893685.
3. Yazbek, Mariana (9 April 2010). Systematics Of Prunus Subgenus Amygdalus Monograph And Phylogeny (Thesis). hdl:1813/14843.
4. Yazbek, Mariana M.; Al-Zein, Mohammad S. (15 May 2014). "Wild almonds gone wild: revisiting Darwin's statement on the origin of peaches". Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 61 (7): 1319–1328. doi:10.1007/s10722-014-0113-6. S2CID 18409093.
5. Wang, Jǖgang; Zheng, Rong; Bai, Shulan; Gao, Xiaomin; Liu, Min; Yan, Wei; Chan, Zhulong (20 April 2015). "Mongolian Almond (Prunus mongolica Maxim): The Morpho-Physiological, Biochemical and Transcriptomic Response to Drought Stress". PLOS ONE. 10 (4): e0124442. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1024442W. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0124442. PMC 4404049. PMID 25893685.