Prunus campanulata

Taiwan cherry
Prunus campanulata blossoms
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Prunus
Subgenus:	Cerasus
Species:	P. campanulata
Binomial name
Prunus campanulata Maxim. 1883 [1]
Synonyms[2][3]
Cerasus campanulata (Maxim.) A.Vassiliev Prunus cerasoides Koidz. Prunus cerasoides var. campanulata (Maxim.) Koidz. Prunus pendula hort.

Prunus campanulata is a species of cherry native to Japan, Vietnam, and China (including Taiwan),^[4] widely grown as an ornamental tree, and a symbol of Nago, Okinawa in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. It is variously known in English as the Taiwan cherry,^[5] Formosan cherry, or bellflower cherry. It was described in 1883 by Carl Johann Maximowicz.^[1]

Invasive species

The tree is an invasive plant species in the Northland Region of New Zealand. It is illegal to distribute, sell or propagate the plant or to distribute soil, gravel, etc., that contain the seeds or other parts of the plant.^[6]

Images

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  Prunus campanulata foliage

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  Two tui in a flowering P. campanulata tree

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  Prunus campanulata young fruit

References

1. "Plant Name Details for Prunus campanulata" Check |url= value (help). IPNI. Retrieved September 14, 2009.
2. "Plant Name Details for Cerasus campanulata" Check |url= value (help). IPNI. Retrieved September 14, 2009.
3. The Plant List, Prunus campanulata Maxim.
4. Flora of China, Cerasus campanulata (Maximowicz) A. N. Vassiljeva, 1957. 钟花樱桃 zhong hua ying tao
5. "USDA GRIN Taxonomy".
6. "Northland Pest Management Strategy" (PDF). Northland Regional Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2010.