Prunus salicina

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. Prunus
Species: Prunus salicina
Varietates: P. s. var. latifolia – P. s. var. mandshurica – P. s. var. pubipes – P. s. var. salicina

Name

Prunus salicina Lindl., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 239 (1830)

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Cerasus salicina (Lindl.) Loudon in Hort. Brit.: 480 (1830)
- Prunus salicina var. typica Nakai in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 47: 250 (1933), not validly publ.

Hybrids

Prunus × rossica Eremin

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate
- Russian Far East
  - Khabarovsk, Primorye
- China
  - Manchuria, North-Central, South-Central, Southeast
  - Inner Mongolia [introduced]
- Eastern Asia
  - Taiwan
  - Japan [introduced]
  - Korea [introduced]
Asia-Tropical
- Indo-China
  - Vietnam
Assam, New South Wales, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan [introduced]

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Lindley, J. 1830. Report upon the New or Rare Plants which flowered in the Garden of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick, between March, 1825, and March, 1826. Part II. Hardy Plants. Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London 7(2): 224–253. BHL. Reference page. [p. 239]
Loudon, J.C. 1830. Loudon's Hortus britannicus. A catalogue of all the plants indigenous, cultivated in, or introduced to Britain. XXIV+576 pp. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London. BHL Reference page. [p. 480]
Nakai, T. 1933. Notulae ad Plantas Japoniae & Koreae XLIII. The Botanical Magazine [Tokyo] 47(556): 235–267. DOI: 10.15281/jplantres1887.47.235 J-Stage (PDF) Reference page. [p. 250]

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Prunus salicina in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 April 24. Reference page.
Yonekura, K. & Kajita, T. (2003 onwards) YList – index for Japanese-scientific plant names (「植物和名ー学名インデックス」). Published on Internet. Accessed: 2024 April 24

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Chinesische Pflaume
English: Japanese Plum
suomi: Japaninluumu
日本語: スモモ
한국어: 자두
Nederlands: Japanse pruim / perzikpruim
Türkçe: Japon eriği
українська: Слива китайська

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