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Taxon:  Prunus armeniaca L.



Summary
Genus:
Prunus
Subgenus:
Prunus
Section:
Armeniaca
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Amygdaleae
Nomen number:
29841
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:474. 1753
Verified:
03/22/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
4 (4  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Prunus armeniaca L. var. ansu Maxim. (0 active accession[s])
Prunus armeniaca L. var. armeniaca (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
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    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
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  7. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959- Note: = Armeniaca vulgaris Lam.
  8. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988 Note: = Armeniaca vulgaris Lam.
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  16. Gilbert, L. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. English common names
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Common names
English
apricot –
Siberian apricot –
French
abricotier –
German
Aprikose –
Aprikosenbaum –
Marille –
Portuguese
damasco –
damasqueiro –
Portuguese (Brazil)
abricó –
Spanish
albaricoque –
damasco –
damasquino –
Swedish
aprikos –
Transcribed Chinese
xing –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
2Cultivated    widely cult.
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
6Other    exact native range obscure
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kyrgyzstan
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan
Other (exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
Bee plants
Environmental
ornamental (fide Krussmann) –
Human food
beverage base (fide Krussmann, F ChinaEng, as Armeniaca vulgaris) –
Materials
essential oils (fide Pl Book) –
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Kingsbury) –


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