Prunus brigantina

Prunus brigantina, called Briançon plum (French: Prunier de Briançon), marmot plum (French: Marmottier), Alpine plum (French: Prunier des Alpes), Briançon apricot (French: Abricotier de Briançon), and Alpine apricot,[2] is a wild tree species native to France and Italy.[3][4] It is conventionally considered a member of Prunus sect. Armeniaca, along with P. armeniaca, P. mandshurica, P. mume, and P. sibirica.[5] Its fruit is edible and similar to the commercial apricot Prunus armeniaca, but it is smooth unlike apricots. Molecular phylogenetic indicate it is actually a member of Prunus sect. Prunus (Old World plums).[5][6] Therefore, P. brigantina is a plum rather than an apricot.

Prunus brigantina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Subgenus: Prunus subg. Prunus
Section: Prunus sect. Prunus
Species:
P. brigantina
Binomial name
Prunus brigantina
Synonyms[1]
  • Armeniaca brigantiaca (Vill.) Pers.
  • Prunus brigantiaca Vill.
  • Prunus chamaecerasus Jacq.

An edible oil produced from the seed, 'huile des marmottes', is used in France.[7]

References
  1. "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  2. "Prunus brigantina". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  3. "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, version 2013.2". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  4. Altervista Flora Italiana, Prunus brigantina Vill. includes photos and European distribution map
  5. Bortiri, Esteban; Oh, Sang-Hun; Jiang, Jianguo; Baggett, Scott; Granger, Andrew; Weeks, Clay; Buckingham, Megan; Potter, Daniel; Parfitt, Dan E. (2001). "Phylogeny and Systematics of Prunus (Rosaceae) as Determined by Sequence Analysis of ITS and the Chloroplast trnL-trnF Spacer DNA". Systematic Botany. 26 (4): 797–807. ISSN 0363-6445.
  6. Shi, Shuo; Li, Jinlu; Sun, Jiahui; Yu, Jing; Zhou, Shiliang (2013). "Phylogeny and classification of Prunus sensu lato (Rosaceae)". Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 55 (11): 1069–1079. doi:10.1111/jipb.12095. ISSN 1744-7909.
  7. "Plants for a Future". Retrieved 21 January 2014.
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