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Prunus erioclada

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Species of wild almond from Iran and Afghanistan

Prunus erioclada
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Species: P. erioclada
Binomial name
Prunus erioclada
(Bornm.) Yazbek
Synonyms
  • Amygdalus erioclada Bornm.

Prunus erioclada is a species of wild almond native to Iran and Afghanistan. It is a thorny shrub 0.2 to 1.2 m tall. It is morphologically similar to Prunus lycioides, P. spinosissima, P. eburnea and P. brahuica. It can be distinguished from the similar species by having its one year old twigs densely covered by a white pubescence, termed white tomentose, and the older twigs grayish-white tomentose. A genetic and morphological analysis shows that it is a good species, with its closest relative being Prunus eburnea.

References

  1. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49:256. 1940, nom. inval.
  2. Yazbek, Mariana Mostafa (February 2010). Systematics of Prunus Subgenus Amygdalus: Monograph and Phylogeny (PDF) (PhD). Cornell University. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  3. "Prunus erioclada Bornm".
Taxon identifiers
Prunus erioclada


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