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Taxon:  Prunus mira Koehne



Summary
Genus:
Prunus
Subgenus:
Amygdalus
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Amygdaleae
Nomen number:
30046
Place of publication:
C. S. Sargent, Pl. wilson. 1:272. 1912
Comment:
authorship and valid publication verified from original literature
Verified:
05/06/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Amygdalus mira (Koehne) Ricker

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Reference(s)
  1. Bortiri, E. et al. 2001. Phylogeny and systematics of Prunus (Rosaceae) as determined by sequence analysis of ITS and the chloroplast trnL-trnF spacer DNA. Syst. Bot. 26:797-807. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  2. Chin, S.-W. et al. 2014. Diversification of almonds, peaches, plums and cherries - Molecular systematics and biogeographic history of Prunus (Rosaceae). Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 76:34-48. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/10557903
  3. Foulongne, M. et al. 2004. Genetic relationships between peach (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch) and closely related wild species using SSR markers. Acta Hort. 663:629-634.
  4. Gradziel, T. M. 2009. Almond (Prunus dulcis) breeding. Breeding plantation tree crops: temperate species. 2009 1-31. Note: this review cited Prunus mira within its "peach group", and it recognized this species among "the most promising sources of new genes" for almond
  5. Hancock, J. F. et al. 2008. Chapter 9. Peaches. Temperate fruit crop breeding: germplasm to genomics. 2008 265-298. Note: this review included Prunus mira as a diploid species and among others closely related to P. persica; it mentioned that it "can be readily hybridized with native populations" of peach
  6. Hara, H. et al. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. 1978-1982
  7. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  8. Martínez-Gómez, P. et al. 2003. New approaches to Prunus tree crop breeding. J. Food Agric. Environm. 1:52-63. Note: this review cited Prunus mira as one of the species used for almond breeding; and it also showed its close genetic affinity to peach (Prunus persica)
  9. Martínez-Gómez, P. et al. 2003. Relationships among peach, almond, and related species as detected by simple sequence repeat markers. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 128:667-671. Note: this study included two accessions of Prunus mira that grouped together with P. davidiana close to P. persica
  10. Pandey, A. et al. 2008. Genetic resources of Prunus (Rosaceae) in India. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 55:91-104. Note: this review included Prunus mira as a wild and cultivated species, mentioning its probable hybrid origin ("between almond and peach"), its potential use for disease resistance, and as graft stock for almond
  11. Polunin, O. & A. Stainton. Flowers of the Himalaya. 1984
  12. 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
  13. Rehder, A. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. 1949
  14. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- Note: = Amygdalus mira (Koehne) Ricker
  15. Yazbek, M. & S.-H. Oh. 2013. Peaches and almonds: phylogeny of Prunus subg. Amygdalus (Rosaceae) based on DNA sequences and morphology. Pl. Syst. Evol. 299:1403-1418. http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/606
  16. Yu, T. T. 1979. Taxonomy of Chinese pomology. 32. Note: = Amygdalus mira (Koehne) Ricker
Common names
Transcribed Chinese
guang he tao –
Distribution
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Sichuan (uncertain if wild or cult.), Xizang (uncertain if wild or cult.), Yunnan (uncertain if wild or cult.)]
Economic Uses
Human food


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