Taxon:
Prunus nipponica Matsum. var. nipponica
Summary
Verified:
05/27/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Boskovic, R. et al. 1997. Inheritance of of isoenzymes and their linkage relationships in two interspecific cherry progenies. Euphytica 93:129-143. Note: it examined 47 hybrids derived from Prunus avium × P. nipponica
- Clarke, J. B. et al. 2009. A cherry map from the inter-specific cross Prunus avium 'Napoleon' × P. nipponica based on microsatellite, gene-specific and isoenzyme markers. Tree Genet. Genomes 5:41-51. URL: http://www.springerlink.com/content/112958/
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
- Ma, H. et al. 2009. Evaluation of flowering cherry species, hybrids, and cultivars using simple sequence repeat markers. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 134:435-444. Note: this study included two samples of Prunus nipponica in addition to samples of var. kurilensis; samples of the typical species grouped with P. incisa
- Ohta, S. et al. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships among Japanese flowering cherries (Prunus subgenus Cerasus) based on nucleotide sequences of chloroplast DNA. Pl. Syst. Evol. 263:209-225. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/606
- Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Common names
English
Japanese alpine cherry – French
cerisier alpin du Japon – German
Nipponkirsche –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Hokkaidô | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Honshu | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Hokkaidô, Honshu]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Materials | wood | | Clarke, J. B. et al. 2009. A cherry map from the inter-specific cross Prunus avium 'Napoleon' × P. nipponica based on microsatellite, gene-specific and isoenzyme markers. Tree Genet. Genomes 5:41-51. URL: http://www.springerlink.com/content/112958/ |