Prunus jacquemontii

Prunus jacquemontii, sometimes called Afghan cherry, Afghan bush cherry, Afghan dwarf cherry, or flowering almond, a name shared with Prunus triloba, is shrub which originates from Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Tibet.[2][3][4] The species name refers to French botanist Victor Jacquemont.[5] It has slender leaves that are elliptical or obovate. The flowers are pink and grow in clusters of 2-3 blossoms with short petals.[6][7][8]

Prunus jacquemontii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Subgenus: Prunus subg. Prunus
Section: Prunus sect. Microcerasus
Species:
P. jacquemontii
Binomial name
Prunus jacquemontii

References
  1. Pollard, R.P., Rhodes, L. & Maxted, N. 2016. Prunus jaquemontii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T50623147A50673986. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T50623147A50673986.en. Downloaded on 28 August 2021.
  2. "Prunus jacquemontii". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  3. "Prunus jacquemontii". JC Raultston Arboretum. North Carolina State University. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  4. Hedrick, U. P-. (1915). The Cherries of New York. Albany, NY: New York Department of Agriculture. p. 38.
  5. Allen J. Coombes The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants, p. 50, at Google Books
  6. Publisher Names of Plants Introduced to Cultivation 1876-1896. London: Royal Gardens Kew. 1900. p. 338.
  7. Hooker, Joseph Dalton (1879). The Flora of British India. London: Reeve & Co. p. 314. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.54393.
  8. "JC Raulston Arboretum".


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