Prunus erioclada
Prunus erioclada is a species of wild almond native to Iran and Afghanistan. It is a thorny shrub 0.2 to 1.2 m tall. It is morphologically similar to Prunus lycioides, P. spinosissima, P. eburnea and P. brahuica. It can be distinguished from the similar species by having its one year old twigs densely covered by a white pubescence, termed white tomentose, and the older twigs grayish-white tomentose. A genetic and morphological analysis shows that it is a good species, with its closest relative being Prunus eburnea.[2][3]
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Subgenus: | Dodecandrae |
Species: | P. erioclada |
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Prunus erioclada (Bornm.) Yazbek | |
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References
- Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49:256. 1940, nom. inval.
- Yazbek, Mariana Mostafa (February 2010). Systematics of Prunus Subgenus Amygdalus: Monograph and Phylogeny (PDF) (PhD). Cornell University. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- https://www.gbif.org/species/4938488
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