Prunus × dasycarpa

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Prunus × dasycarpa, called purple apricot and black apricot (Chinese: zi xing), is a species of tree. It is in the genus Prunus in the rose family, Rosaceae. The species was named by Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart in 1791.[1] The buds are reddish-orange, and the flower blossoms are white. It is likely a hybrid of P. armeniaca × P. cerasifera (i.e., an apricot–cherry plum cross).[2] There is disagreement about whether this is a human-cultivated cross or a naturally occurring cross from Western Asia.[1][3][4]

Prunus × dasycarpa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Species:
P. × dasycarpa
Binomial name
Prunus × dasycarpa
Synonyms
  • Armeniaca dasycarpa (Ehrh.) Borkh.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Prunus ×dasycarpa". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. ^ "Prunus x dasycarpa Ehrh". Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  3. ^ Jain, S.M.; Priyadarshan, P.M. (2009), Breeding Plantation Tree Crops: Temperate Species, Springer New York, p. 84, ISBN 9780387712031
  4. ^ "Prunus x dasycarpa Black Apricot PFAF Plant Database".
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