Prunus
| Prunus | |
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| Prunus cerasus (sour cherry) in bloom | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amygdaloideae[1] |
| Genus: | Prunus Carolus Linnaeus |
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Prunus is a genus of plants in the family Rosaceae. It includes plums, peaches, almonds, apricots and cherries.
Notes[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Potter, D.; Eriksson, T.; Evans, R.C.; Oh, S.; Smedmark, J.E.E.; Morgan, D.R.; Kerr, M.; Robertson, K.R.; Arsenault, M.; Dickinson, T.A.; Campbell, C.S. (2007). "Phylogeny and classification of Rosaceae". Plant Systematics and Evolution 266 (1–2): 5–43. doi:10.1007/s00606-007-0539-9. http://rd.springer.com/journal/606/266/1/page/1#page-1. [Referring to the subfamily by the name "Spiraeoideae"]
Sources[change | change source]
- Dillhoff, Richard M; Leopold, Estella B.; Manchester, Steven R. (February 2005). "The McAbee flora of British Columbia and its relation to the Early-Middle Eocene Okanagan Highlands flora of the Pacific Northwest" (PDF). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42 (2): 151. doi:10.1139/e04-084. http://www.evolvingearth.org/learnearthscience/mcabeefeb2005cjes.pdf.
- Stockey, Ruth A.; Wehr, Wesley C. (1996). "Flowering Plants in and around Eocene Lakes of the Interior". In Ludvigson, Rolf. Life in Stone: a Natural History of British Columbia's Fossils. Vancouver: UBCPess. ISBN 0-7748-0578-1.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Prunus |
- "GRIN Species Records of Prunus". Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?9887. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
- "Our Cherries Collection — Prunus". Missouri Botanical Garden: Kemper Center for Home Gardening. 2001–2009. http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantcollection.asp?code=4. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
