Almonds ( lat. Prunus subg. Amýgdalus ) - a subgenus of woody plants of the genus Plum ( Prunus ) of the family Pink ( Rosaceae ) with seeds with an edible kernel. Common almonds are widely cultivated.
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Prunus subgen. Amygdalus ( L. ) Focke , 1894 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prunus amygdalus Batsch , 1801, nom. nov. [= Prunus dulcis ( Mill. ) DAWebb , 1967 - Almonds ] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Botanical Description
The subgenus includes deciduous trees and low - branched shrubs . The leaves in the kidneys are folded longitudinally.
The flowers are bisexual, almost sessile, solitary or collected 2-3 in racemose inflorescences, bloom before the appearance of leaves, on the growth of last year. Two leaf buds are located on both sides of the flower buds.
Fruit - a drupe , usually covered with velvety or fleecy pubescence, less often naked. The mesocarp is fleshy, when the fruit ripens, it sometimes disappears, exposing the endocarp. The endocarp is often covered with grooves or small indentations or smooth.
Taxonomy
Synonyms
- Aflatunia Vassilcz. , 1955
- Amygdalopsis Carrière , 1862, nom. illeg.
- Amygdalus L., 1753 basionym
- Amygdalus subg. Amygdalophora Neck. ex endl. , 1840
- Amygdalus-Persica Weston , 1770, nom. inval.
- Louiseania Carrière, 1872
- Persica Mill. , 1754
- Prunopsis André , 1883, nom. superfl.
- Prunus sect. Amygdalus (L.) Benth. & Hook.f. , 1865
- Trichocarpus Neck., 1790, nom. inval.
Views
- Prunus arabica ( Olivier ) Meikle , 1965
- Prunus argentea ( Lam. ) Rehder , 1922
- Prunus brahuica ( Boiss. ) Aitch. & Hemsl. , 1888
- Prunus bucharica ( Korsh. ) B. Fedtsch. , 1915 - Almonds of Bukhara
- Prunus carduchorum ( Bornm. ) Meikle, 1965
- Prunus davidiana (Carrière) NEBr. , 1882 - Peach of David
- Prunus dulcis (Mill.) DAWebb, 1967 - Common Almonds
- Prunus eburnea ( Spach ) Aitch., 1888
- Prunus elaeagnifolia (Spach) AEMurray , 1969
- Prunus eremophila Prigge , 2003
- Prunus erioclada Bornm., 1940
- Prunus fenzliana Fritsch , 1892 - Fenzl Almonds
- Prunus ferganensis ( Kostina & Rjabov ) Kovalev & Kostina, 1935 - Peach Ferghana
- Prunus haussknechtii CKSchneid. , 1905
- Prunus havardii ( W.Wight ) SCMason , 1913
- Prunus kansuensis Rehder, 1922 - Peach of Gansun
- Prunus korshinskyi Hand.-Mazz. , 1913
- Prunus kotschyi (Boiss. & Hohen. ) Meikle, 1965
- Prunus kuramica (Korsh.) Kitam. , 1965
- Prunus lycioides (Spach) CKSchneid., 1906
- Prunus microphylla ( Kunth ) Hemsl., 1880
- Prunus minutiflora Engelm. ex A.Gray , 1850
- Prunus mira Koehne , 1912 - Peach Awesome
- Prunus mongolica Maxim. , 1879
- Prunus pedunculata ( Pall. ) Maxim., 1883 - Petiole Almonds
- Prunus persica (L.) Batsch, 1801 - Common Peach
- Prunus × persicoides ( Ser. ) M. Vilm. & Bois , 1904
- Prunus petunnikowii ( Litv. ) Rehder, 1926 - Almond Petunnikova
- Prunus scoparia (Spach) CKSchneid., 1905
- Prunus spinosissima ( Bunge ) Franch. , 1888 - Spiky Almonds
- Prunus tangutica ( Batalin ) Koehne , 1912
- Prunus tenella Batsch, 1801 - Almond steppe
- Prunus texana D. Dietr. , 1842
- Prunus trichamygdalus Hand.-Mazz., 1913
- Prunus triloba Lindl. , 1857 - Three-bladed almonds
- Prunus turcomanica ( Lincz. ) Kitam., 1960
- Prunus × vavilovii ( Popov ) AEMurray, 1969 - Almond Vavilova
- Prunus webbii (Spach) Vierh. , 1915
Notes
- ↑ For the conventionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
Literature
- Flora Iberica: plantas vasculares de la Penínsular Ibérica e Islas Baleares. - Vol. VI. - P. 450–451. - ISBN 84-00-06221-3 .