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Prunus cerasifera Ehrh., 1785

🇬🇧 Cherry Plum

🇫🇷 Mirobolan, Myrobolan, Prunier myrobolan, Prunier porte-cerise

Taxonomy

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Clade: Tracheophytes
  • Clade: Angiosperms
  • Clade: Eudicots
  • Clade: Superrosids
  • Clade: Rosids
  • Clade: Fabids
  • Order: Rosales
  • Family: Rosaceae
  • Subfamily: Amygdaloideae
  • Tribe: Amygdaleae
  • Genus: Prunus
  • Species: Prunus cerasifera

Forms

Prunus cerasifera f. atropurpurea
Prunus cerasifera f. cerasifera

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

  • Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable
  • Red List (Europe): DD Data Deficient

Notes

The individual below is likely an intermediate cultivar between the type form and the atropurpurea form. It has dark-purple immature fruits, while the leaves are only slightly tinted with purple.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

  • P. cerasifera f. atropurpurea Diffel, 1893: Cultivar group ‘Pissard’, dark-purple leaves, M;
  • P. cerasifera f. cerasifera Ehrh., 1785, I.

Photographs

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Prunus cerasifera
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Prunus cerasifera
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Prunus cerasifera
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Prunus cerasifera - Immature fruit
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Prunus cerasifera - Bark

Sources