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Taxon: Prunus fruticosa Pall.

Genus: Prunus subgenus: Cerasus section: Cerasus
Family: Rosaceae subfamily: Spiraeoideae tribe: Amygdaleae.
Nomen number: 29899
Place of publication: Fl. ross. 1(1):19, t. 8, fig. B. 1784
Name verified on: 01-Nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 24-Feb-2009
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Davis (DAV). Alternate site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Geneva (GEN).
Accessions: 21 in National Plant Germplasm System.
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Common names:

  • European dwarf cherry   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • European ground cherry   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • ground cherry   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – English
  • Mongolian cherry   (Source: NRCS Cons Pl Mat ) – English
  • steppe cherry   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • cao yuan ying tao   (Source: F ChinaEng [as Cerasus fruticosa]) – Transcribed Chinese
  • prunier nain   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – French
  • Steppenkirsche   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German
  • Zwergekirsche   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  • cereja-anã   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
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Economic importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental; revegetator   (fide Dict Gard; L. Gilbert, pers. comm. 1998, for land reclamation)
  • Human food: potential as fruit   (fide F USSR)
  • Gene sources: potential gene source for stone fruits   (for drought resistance fide Dict Gard)

Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Caucasus: Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia
    Siberia: Russian Federation - Western Siberia
    Middle Asia: Kazakhstan
    China: China - Xinjiang
  • EUROPE
    Middle Europe: Austria; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Poland
    East Europe: Belarus; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part [s. & c.]; Ukraine
    Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria; Italy; Romania

      Naturalized:
  • naturalized elsewhere

References:

  • Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR). (L USSR) [= Cerasus fruticosa (Pall.) Woronow].
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
  • Englert, J. M. et al. 1999–. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. (NRCS Cons Pl Mat)
  • Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. (Zander ed17)
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. (Glea Cron)
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR) [= Cerasus fruticosa (Pall.) Woronow].
  • Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). (Krussmann)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. (Rehder)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  • Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng) [= Cerasus fruticosa (Pall.) Woronow].
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Prunus fruticosa Pall.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
  • 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 for Prunus fruticosa 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.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google 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.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?29899 (09 February 2010)

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