Prunus ulmifolia

Not to be confused with Prunus triloba.

Prunus ulmifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Species:
P. ulmifolia
Binomial name
Prunus ulmifolia
Synonyms[1]
  • Aflatunia ulmifolia (Franch.) Vassilcz.
  • Amygdalus ulmifolia (Franch.) Popov
  • Louiseania ulmifolia (Franch.) Pachom.
  • Prunus baldshuanica Regel

Prunus ulmifolia is species of Prunus native to Central Asia.[1] It is often treated as a synonym of the East Asian species P. triloba . However, they are distinctly different in leaves, flowers and fruits.[2] P. triloba have slightly trilobed leaves, campanulate calyx tubes, unpitted stones, and fruits splitting when ripe,[3] whereas P. ulmifolia have leaves without lobes, cylindrical calyx tubes, stones finely pitted with irregularly branching furrows, and fruits not splitting.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Prunus ulmifolia Franch". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  2. ^ Zhao, Yizhi (1996). "On the systematic position of Cerasus triloba". Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis NeiMonggol. 27 (1): 70–71.
  3. ^ Lu, Lingdi; Bartholomew, Bruce (2003). "Amygdalus Linnaeus" (PDF). In Wu, Z.Y.; Raven, P.H.; Hong, D.Y. (eds.). Flora of China. Vol. 9. Beijing & St. Louis: Science Press & Missouri Botanical Garden Press. pp. 391–395.
  4. ^ Linczevski, I.A. (1971) [1941]. "Section 5. Amygdalopsis (Carr.) Lincz.". In Komarov, V.L.; Shishkin, B.K.; Yuzepchuk, S.V. (eds.). Flora of the U.S.S.R. Vol. 10. Translated by Lavoott, R. Jerusalem: Israel Program for Scientific Translations. pp. 405–406.