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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:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
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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  8. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. Note: = Armeniaca vulgaris Lam.
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  16. Gilbert, L. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. English common names
  17. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  18. Hagen, L. S. et al. 2002. Genetic diversity in apricot revealed by AFLP markers: species and cultivar comparisons. Theor. Appl. Genet. 105:298-305. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/122 Note: this study found evidence for the recognition of Prunus armeniaca to include at the varietal level P. ansu, P. mandshurica and P. holosericea
  19. Ham, H. 2009. Apricot breeding. Breeding plantation tree crops: temperate species 83-103. Note: cites Prunus armeniaca and P. cerasifera as parental species of P. daycarpa by natural hybridizaton
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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
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kyrgyzstan
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan
Other (exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Bee plantshoney production Ortega-Sada, J. L. 1987. Flora de interes apicola y polinizacion de cultivos.
Environmentalornamental Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
Environmentalrevegetatorfor land reclamationGilbert, L. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. English common names
Human foodbeverage base Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
Human foodbeverage baseas Armeniaca vulgarisWu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Human foodfruit Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
Human foodfruitas Armeniaca vulgarisWu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Human foodseeds Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
Human foodseedsas Armeniaca vulgarisWu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). URL: http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Materialsessential oils Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.


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