Taxon: Prunus rivularis Scheele

Common names:

• creek plum   (Source: Native Pl Database ) – English
  
• hog plum   (Source: Native Pl Database ) – English
  
• wild-goose plum   (Source: Websters Dict [as Prunus munsoniana]) – English
  
• Gänse-Pflaume   (Source: Zander ed17 [as Prunus munsoniana]) – German
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Krussmann)
  
• Human food: fruit   (fide Krussmann)
  
• Gene sources: graft stock relative for apricot   (based on the use of a hybrid with Prunus cerasifera fide Pl Breed (NY) 124:68. 2005)
  
• Gene sources: graft stock relative for plum   (based on the use of a hybrid with Prunus cerasifera fide Tree Physiol 29:809. 2009)
  
• Gene sources: secondary genetic relative of Japanese plum   (based on hybrids with Prunus salicina fide Amer J Bot 34:332. 1947)
  
• Gene sources: secondary genetic relative of myrobalan plum   (based on the use of a hybrid with Prunus cerasifera fide Tree Physiol 29:809. 2009)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Ohio [s.w.]
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois [s.], Kansas [s.e.], Missouri, Oklahoma
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana [n.], Mississippi, Tennessee
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas

• also cultivated

References:

• Bortiri, E. et al. 2001. Phylogeny and systematics of Prunus (Rosaceae) as determined by sequence analysis of ITS and the chloroplast trnL-trnF spacer DNA. Syst. Bot. 26:797–807. [this study recognized Prunus munsoniana].
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas.
• Flory, W. S. 1947. Crossing relationships among hybrid and specific plum varieties and among the several Prunus species which are involved. Amer. J. Bot. 34:330–335. [as Prunus munsoniana].
• Hancock, J. F. et al. 2008. Chapter 9. Peaches. In: Hancock, J. F., ed., Temperate fruit crop breeding: germplasm to genomics. 265–298. [as Prunus munsoniana].
• Hartmann, W. & M. Neumüller. 2009. Plum breeding. In: Jain, S. M. & P.M. Priyadarshan, eds., Breeding plantation tree crops: temperate species. 161–231. [as Prunus munsoniana].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
• Mowrey, B. D. & D. J. Werner. 1990. Phylogenetic relationships among species of Prunus as inferred by isozyme markers. Theor. Appl. Genet. 80:129–133. [this study included this species as Prunus munsoniana of section Prunocerasus; it found that it grouped with several members of this North American section sister to other species in the subgenus Prunus].
• Okie, W. R. & J. F. Hancock. 2008. Chapter 11. Plums. In: Hancock, J. F., ed., Temperate fruit crop breeding: germplasm to genomics. 337–359. [as Prunus munsoniana].
• Pina, A. et al. 2009. Cell-to-cell transport through plasmodesmata in tree callus cultures. Tree Physiol. 29:809–818. [this study cited Prunus munsoniana as a parental species of a graft stock hybrid for plum].
• Rato, A. E. et al. 2008. Soil and rootstock influence on fruit quality of plums (Prunus domestica L.). Sci. Hort. 118:218–222. [this study examined hybrids between Prunus cerasifera and this species as P. munsoniana].
• Rohrer, J. R. et al. 2004. Microsatellite analysis of relationships among North American plums (Prunus sect. Prunocerasus, Rosaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 244:69–75. [this study examined samples of both Prunus rivularis and P. munsoniana; these samples grouped together confirming morphological affinities].
• Rohrer, J. R. 2011. Prunus (Rosaceae). In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. 9: in press.
• Rubio, M. et al. 2005. Evaluation of resistance to sharka (plum pox virus) of several Prunus rootstocks. Pl. Breed. (New York) 124:67–70. [cites a hybrid Prunus cerasifera × "P. munsoniana"].
• University of Texas at Austin, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Native Plant Information Network database (on-line resource).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Prunus rivularis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Prunus rivularis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Prunus rivularis.

Synonyms:

• (=) Prunus munsoniana W. Wight & Hedrick
  (previously associated with 5 accessions)
• (=) Prunus reverchonii Sarg.
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)

Check other web resources for Prunus rivularis Scheele:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• New World Fruits Database: Online database from Bioversity International
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Prunus rivularis cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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