Prunus jacquemontii

Prunus jacquemontii
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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. Microcerasus
Species:	P. jacquemontii
Binomial name
Prunus jacquemontii Hook. f. [2]

Prunus jacquemontii, sometimes called Afghan cherry, Afghan bush cherry, Afghan dwarf cherry, or flowering almond, a name shared with Prunus triloba , is shrub which originates from Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Tibet. ^{[2] [3] [4]} The species name refers to French botanist Victor Jacquemont. ^[5] It has slender leaves that are elliptical or obovate. The flowers are pink and grow in clusters of 2-3 blossoms with short petals. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

References

1. Pollard, R.P.; Rhodes, L.; Maxted, N. (2016). "Prunus jaquemontii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T50623147A50673986. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T50623147A50673986.en . Retrieved 28 August 2021.
2. "Prunus jacquemontii". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved 24 January 2014.
3. "Prunus jacquemontii". JC Raultston Arboretum. North Carolina State University. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
4. Hedrick, U. P-. (1915). The Cherries of New York. Albany, NY: New York Department of Agriculture. p. 38.
5. Allen J. Coombes The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants , p. 50, at Google Books
6. Publisher Names of Plants Introduced to Cultivation 1876-1896. London: Royal Gardens Kew. 1900. p. 338.
7. Hooker, Joseph Dalton (1879). The Flora of British India. London: Reeve & Co. p.  314. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.54393.
8. "JC Raulston Arboretum".