Prunus rigida

Prunus rigida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Subgenus: Amygdalus
Species: P. rigida
Binomial name
Prunus rigida
Koehne 1915

Prunus rigida, is a species of shrub tree native to western South America, primarily Peru and Bolivia..[1][2][3]

Prunus rigida is in the genus Prunus in the rose family, Rosaceae.[4] It is a hairless shrub up to 3 meters tall. It is broadly egg-shaped or lance-shaped leaves up to 95 mm long, with teeth along the edges. Flowers are in elongated clusters up to 6 cm long.[5]

References

  1. Grandtner, M. M.; Chevrette, Julien (2013). Dictionary of Trees. 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Waltham, MA: Academic Press. p. 541. ISBN 978-012-3969-545.
  2. Killeen, T. J., E. García Estigarribia & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 1993. Guía Árb. Bolivia 1–958. Herbario Nacional de Bolivia & Missouri Botanical Garden, Edit. Quipus srl., La Paz
  3. Macbride, J. F. 1938. Rosaceae. 13(2/3): 1063–1119. In J. F. Macbride (ed.) Flora of Peru. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series. Field Museum, Chicago
  4. "Specimen: K000424933". London: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  5. Koehne, Bernhard Adalbert Emil 1915. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 52: 316 description in Latin

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Prunus_rigida.
Wikispecies has information related to: Prunus rigida
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, August 18, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.