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Prunus haussknechtii

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Species of wild almond from Iran

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

Prunus haussknechtii (Persian: ارجنک) is a species of wild almond native to Iran. It is shrub or small tree 1–2 m tall, sometimes reaching 4 m, with pink flowers. It prefers to grow at 1200 to 3600 m above sea level, near water, either riverbanks or mountain bases where there is melting snow. It has the largest nut and seed of the 17 species of almond.

References

  1. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 592. 1905.
  2. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 58B: 254, in obs. 1938.
  3. Yazbek, Mariana Mostafa (February 2010). Systematics of Prunus Subgenus Amygdalus: Monograph and Phylogeny (PDF) (PhD). Cornell University. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  4. Rahemi, A.; Fatahi Moghaddam, M.R.; Ebadi, A.; Taghavi, T.; Hassani, D. (2011). "Fruit Characteristics of Some Wild Almonds in Iran". Seed and Plant Improvement Journal. 27–1 (4): 459–481. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  5. "Taxonomy browser (Prunus scoparia x Prunus haussknechtii)".
Taxon identifiers
Prunus haussknechtii
Amygdalus haussknechtii


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