Prunus arabica

Prunus arabica

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Prunus arabica is listed as Near Threatened.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Rosaceae
Subfamilia: Amygdaloideae
Tribus: Amygdaleae
Genus: Prunus
Subgenus: P. subg. Prunus
Sectio: P. sect. Amygdalus
Species: Prunus arabica

Name

Prunus arabica (Olivier) Meikle, Kew Bull. 19: 229 (1965).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Amygdalus arabica Olivier, Voy. Emp. Othoman 3: t. 47 (1807).
• Heterotypic
  • Amygdalus arabica var. pubipetala Denisov & Seraf., Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 92: 79 (1979).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Western Asia Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey. Arabian Peninsula Oman, Gulf States (United Arab Emirates), Saudi Arabia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Townsend, C.C. & Guest, E.R. (eds.) 1966. Flora of Iraq. Volume Two [Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae, Rosaceae]. 184 pp. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad. Reference page. 
• Ghazanfar, S.A. 1992. An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Prunus arabica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Prunus arabica. Published online. Accessed: 13 Nov 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Prunus arabica. Accessed: 13 Nov 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Prunus arabica. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Nov 13. Reference page. 

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