Taxon:
Prunus domestica L. subsp. domestica
Summary
Verified:
04/08/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Blazek, J. 2007. A survey of the genetic resources used in plum breeding. Acta Hort. 734:31-45.
- Bouhadida, M. et al. 2009. Molecular characterization and genetic diversity of Prunus rootstocks. Sci. Hort. 120:237-245. Note: as Prunus domestica
- Burkart, A. E., ed. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios. 1969-
- Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002 Note: = P. domestica
- Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993
- Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002
- Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990 Note: Kampong Publications
- Hancock, J. F. et al. 2008. Chapter 9. Peaches. Temperate fruit crop breeding: germplasm to genomics. 2008 267.
- Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 1:519-522. http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
- Hartmann, W. & M. Neumüller. 2009. Plum breeding. Breeding plantation tree crops: temperate species. 2009 161-231. Note: comments on the gage plums and the "controversial" recognition of subspecies insititia
- Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994 Note: = variety
- Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997
- Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: = P. domestica
- Minev, I. & M. Balev. 2002. Interspecific hybrids of the Prunus genus bred at Rimsa, Troyan. Acta Hort. 577:195-198.
- Pandey, A. et al. 2008. Genetic resources of Prunus (Rosaceae) in India. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 55:91-104. http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
- Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
- Salesses, G. et al. 1988. Creation of plum rootstocks for peach and plum by interspecific hybridization. Acta Hort. 224:339-344. Note: cited the use of "Green gage" a variety of this taxon
- Terrell, E. E. et al. Agric. Handb. no. 505. 1986
Common names
English
European plum – gage – gardalu – garden plum – plum – prune plum – French
prunier – prunier commun – German
Pflaume – Pflaumenbaum – Zwetsche – Zwetschge – Zwispeln – Portuguese
ameixoeira – Spanish
cirolero – ciruelo –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | widely natzd. |
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Naturalized
(widely natzd.)
Economic Uses
Food additives
Human food
beverage base (fide Food Feed Crops US) – Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2, as P. domestica; Herbs Commerce ed2, as P. domestica) –