Dwarf plum

	Dwarf plum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryotes
Kingdom:	Plants
Kingdom :	Green plants
Department:	Flowering
Grade:	Dicotyledonous
Order :	Rosanae
Order:	Rosaceae
Family:	Pink
Subfamily :	Plum
Tribe :	Amygdaleae Juss. , 1789
Gender:	Plum
Subgenus :	Plum
Section :	Penarmeniaca
View:	Dwarf plum
International scientific name
	Prunus pumila L. , 1767

Plum dwarf ( Latin: Prúnus púmila ) is a species of dicotyledonous flowering plants included in the genus Plum ( Prunus ) of the family Pink ( Rosaceae ).

Content

Botanical Description

Dwarf plum - lying, rising or upright deciduous shrub , not exceeding 2 m in height.

The leaves are oblong-elliptical in shape, 4-10 cm long and 1-3 cm wide, pointed to the end, with a fine-toothed edge. Petioles up to 1 cm long. The upper surface of the leaf blade is dark green, shiny, the lower one is paler. Stipules linear, falling.

White flowers, usually collected 2-4 in umbellate inflorescences, about 2 cm in diameter, bloom before the leaves appear or simultaneously with it, at the end of May. Sepals are glabrous, with a serrated pinkish edge from glands. Petals are obovate or ovoid.

The fruit is an almost spherical drupe up to 1.5 cm in diameter, black or purple-red in color. The endocarp is oblong-ovate in shape, with a rough surface. Edible, sour taste.

Range

The natural habitat of dwarf plums is the north of the Great Plains of North America - from Kansas and Colorado in the south to Montana , Minnesota and Saskatchewan in the north.

Taxonomy

8 more families
(according to APG III System )

subgenus Almonds , Cherries and Emplectocladus

order rosaceae

clan plum

View Dwarf Plum

Department of Flowering, or Angiosperms

pink family

subgenus Plum

another 58 orders of flowering plants
( APG III System )

108 more births

41 more species

Hybrids

Prunus × cistena NEHansen ex Koehne , 1917 [ Prunus cerasifera × Prunus pumila ]
Prunus × knudsonii Rosend. & Butters , 1928 [ Prunus hortulana × Prunus pumila ]
Prunus × utahensis Koehne, 1893 [ Prunus angustifolia × Prunus pumila ]

Synonyms

Prunus pumila var. besseyi ( LHBailey ) Waugh , 1899

Cerasus besseyi (LHBailey) Lunell , 1916
Prunus besseyi LHBailey, 1894
Prunus prunella Daniels , 1911
Prunus rosebudii Reagan , 1907

Prunus pumila var. depressa ( Pursh ) Bean , 1914

Cerasus depressa (Pursh) Ser. , 1825
Prunus depressa Pursh, 1814

Prunus pumila var. pumila typus

Cerasus canadensis Mill. , 1768
Cerasus glauca Moench , 1794
Cerasus pumila (L.) Michx. , 1803
Prunus incana Schwein. , 1825, nom. illeg.
Prunus pumila var. typica H. Senn & Groh , 1940

Prunus pumila var. susquehanae ( hort. ex Willd. ) H.Jaeger , 1865

Cerasus glauca var. susquehanae ( hort. ex Willd.) K.Koch , 1853
Prunus cuneata Raf. , 1820
Prunus pumila var. cuneata (Raf.) LHBailey, 1901
Prunus susquehanae hort. ex Willd., 1809

Notes

↑ For the conventionality of indicating 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

Soper, JH; Heimburger, ML Prunus pumila L. // Shrubs of Ontario. - 1982. - P. 209. - 495 p. - ISBN 0-88854-283-6 . , ISSN 0082-5093
Tehon, LR Prunus pumila Linnaeus - Sand Cherry // Fieldbook of Native Illinois Shrubs. - 1942. - 307 p.

[1] For the conventionality of indicating 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 .