Taxon: Prunus fasciculata (Torr.) A. Gray

See also subordinate taxa:

• Prunus fasciculata var. fasciculata (no accessions)
• Prunus fasciculata var. punctata (no accessions)

Common names:

• desert almond   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• 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)
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona [w.], California [s.], Nevada [s.], Utah [s.w.]
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja California

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. [supports the recognition of this species in its own subgenus].
• Bortiri, E. et al. 2006. Phylogenetic analysis of morphology in Prunus reveals extensive homoplasy. Pl. Syst. Evol. 259:53–71. [this study confirmed the affinities of this species to subgenera Amygdalus and "Prunus s.l."].
• Chin, S.-W. et al. 2010. Merging Maddenia with the morphologically diverse Prunus (Rosaceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 164:236–245. [this study included this species as a member of subgenus Emplectocladus that was resolved monophyletic and close to subgenera Amygdalus-Prunus].
• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora.
• Grasselly, C. 1976. Les espèces sauvages de l'amandier cultivé. Options Médit 32:28–43. [as Amygdalus fasciculata].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
• Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora.
• Munz, P. A. 1974. A flora of southern California.
• Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
• Rohrer, J. R. 2011. Prunus (Rosaceae). In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. 9: in press. [recognizes two varieties: fasciculata and punctata].
• Shaw, J. & R. L. Small. 2004. Addressing the "hardest puzzle in American pomology:" Phylogeny of Prunus sect. Prunocerasus (Rosaceae) based on seven noncoding chloroplast DNA regions. Amer. J. Bot. 91:985–996.
• Standley, P. C. 1920. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23:1-1721.

More:

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Prunus fasciculata.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Emplectocladus fasciculata Torr. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Prunus fasciculata (Torr.) A. Gray:

• 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
• 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:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Stone: 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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