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Taxon: Prunus mexicana S. Watson

Genus: Prunus subgenus: Prunus section: Prunocerasus
Family: Rosaceae subfamily: Amygdaloideae tribe: Amygdaleae.
Nomen number: 30041
Place of publication: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17:353. 1882
Comment: valid publication verified from original literature
Name verified on: 05-May-2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 05-May-2011
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Davis (DAV).
Accessions: 5 in National Plant Germplasm System.


Common names:

  • Mexican plum   (Source: Trees US ) – English

Economic importance:

  • Gene sources: secondary genetic relative of Japanese plum   (based on its affinities to Prunus americana used in plum breeding fide Breed Pl Tree Crops 168,175. 2009)
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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

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 included Prunus mexicana that was resolved in a clade made of other members of its section].
  • Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas.
  • Hartmann, W. & M. Neumüller. 2009. Plum breeding. In: Jain, S. M. & P.M. Priyadarshan, eds., Breeding plantation tree crops: temperate species. 161–231. [cites Prunus americana, a member of the same "Americana clade" of Shaw & Small (see Amer J Bot 92:2016. 2005)].
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
  • Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541.
  • Okie, W. R. & J. F. Hancock. 2008. Chapter 11. Plums. In: Hancock, J. F., ed., Temperate fruit crop breeding: germplasm to genomics. 337–357.
  • Ramming, D. W. & V. Cociu. 1991. Plums (Prunus). Acta Hort. 290:235–290. [cites among American plums].
  • Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
  • Rieger, M. 2001. Salt stress resistance of peach and four North American Prunus species. Acta Hort. 557:181–192.
  • 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 found that samples of Prunus mexicana were mixed in different branches with samples of P. americana, additionally a putative hybrid of these species did not share any marker with them].
  • Rohrer, J. R. 2011. Prunus (Rosaceae). In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. 9: in press.
  • Shaw, J. & R. L. Small. 2005. Chloroplast DNA phylogeny and phylogeography of the North American plums (Prunus subgenus Prunus section Prunocerasus, Rosaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 92:2011–2030. [this study examined Prunus mexicana revealing more than one haplotype; it was resolved as a member of the "American clade"].
  • Standley, P. C. 1920. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23:1-1721.
  • Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?30041 (25 May 2013)

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