Prunus havardii

Prunus havardii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Subgenus: Amygdalus
Species: P. havardii[1]
Binomial name
Prunus havardii
(W.Wight) S. C. Mason 1913
Synonyms[2]

Amygdalus havardii W. Wight 1913

Prunus havardii, called Havard's plum, is a rare North American species of shrub tree native to western Texas in the United States and to northern Chihuahua across the Río Grande in Mexico.[3] It is in the genus Prunus in the rose family, Rosaceae.[1]

It has white flowers and stiff spiny branches. Its height is about 1.5 metres (4.9 ft).[4]

References

  1. 1 2 GRIN (November 23, 2013). "Prunus havardii (W. Wight) S. C. Mason". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
  2. Tropicos, Prunus havardii (W. Wight) S.C. Mason
  3. Powell, A. Michael (1998). Trees & Shrubs of the Trans-Pecos and Adjacent Areas. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. p. 150. ISBN 0-292-76579-7.
  4. "Harvard Plum". Texas A&M University. Retrieved February 4, 2014.

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