Prunus argentea

Prunus argentea

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 argentea

Name

Prunus argentea (Lam.) Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 3: 27 (1922).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Amygdalus argentea Lam., Encycl. 1: 103 (1783).
• Heterotypic
  • Amygdalus orientalis Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: Amygdalus n.° 4 (1768).
  • Amygdalus orientalis subsp. mesopotamica Browicz, Fl. Iranica 66: 173 (1969).
  • Amygdalus variabilis Bornm. ex C.K.Schneid., Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 591 (1905), nom. nud.
  • Amygdalus variabilis f. latifolia Bornm. ex C.K.Schneid., Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 591 (1905), nom. nud.
  • Armeniaca argentea Dum.Cours., Bot. Cult. 3: 400 (1802), nom. superfl.
  • Prunus orientalis (Mill.) Koehne, Deut. Dendrol.: 315 (1893), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Western Asia Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Turkey. 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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Prunus argentea 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 argentea. Published online. Accessed: 13 Nov 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Prunus argentea. Accessed: 13 Nov 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Prunus argentea. 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.