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Prunus eburnea

Prunus eburnea is a species of wild almond native to Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. It is a dense shrub 0.2 to 1.2 m tall with gray bark. It is morphologically similar to Prunus lycioides, P. spinosissima, P. erioclada and P. brahuica. It can be distinguished from the similar species by having a pubescent hypanthium.

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Prunus eburnea
Habit
Flowers
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Species:
P. eburnea
Binomial name
Prunus eburnea
(Spach) C.K.Schneider
Synonyms7
  • Prunus eburnea (Spach) Aitch.
  • Amygdalus eburnea Spach1
  • Amygdalopsis eburnea (Spach) M. J. Roem.
  • Amygdalus scorpius Spach.2
  • Amygdalopsis scorpius (Spach) M. J. Roem.3
  • Amygdalus furcatus Spach.4
  • Amygdalopsis furcata (Spach) M. J. Roem.5
  • Amygdalus spathulata Boiss.6

Prunus eburnea is a species of wild almond native to Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan . It is a dense shrub 0.2 to 1.2 m tall with gray bark. It is morphologically similar to Prunus lycioides, P. spinosissima, P. erioclada and P. brahuica. It can be distinguished from the similar species by having a pubescent hypanthium.

A genetic and morphological analysis shows that it is a good species, with its closest relative being Prunus erioclada.7 The cross of Prunus scoparia and Prunus eburnea produces Prunus × iranshahrii.8a9

Notes

Notes

  1. Called Amygdalus scoparia, Amygdalus eburnea and Amygdalus × iranshahrii, respectively, by the source.
References

References

  1. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18:50. 1880
  2. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. ser., 2, 19: 122. 1843
  3. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr, 4: 15. 1847
  4. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. ser. 2, 19: 124. 1843
  5. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr, 4: 16. 1847
  6. Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 1, 6: 53. 1845
  7. Yazbek, Mariana Mostafa (February 2010). Systematics of Prunus Subgenus Amygdalus: Monograph and Phylogeny (PDF) (PhD). Cornell University. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  8. Vafadar, Mahnaz; Kazempour Osaloo, Shahrokh; Attar, Farideh (31 March 2014). "Molecular phylogeny of the genus Amygdalus (Rosaceae) based on nrDNA ITS and cpDNA trnS-trnG sequences". Turkish Journal of Botany. 38 (3): 439–452. doi:10.3906/bot-1303-46. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  9. "Prunus eburnea (Spach) Aitch".