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Prunus Subg. Padus
''Prunus'' subg. ''Padus'' is a subgenus of ''Prunus'', characterised by having racemose inflorescences. ''Padus'' was originally a distinct genus, but genetic and morphological studies have shown that ''Padus'' is polyphyletic. It has been proposed that all the racemose taxa within ''Prunus'' (''Padus'', ''Maddenia'', ''Laurocerasus'' and ''Pygeum'') are incorporated into a broad-sense ''Prunus'' subg. ''Padus''. However, this broad-sense ''Prunus'' subg. ''Padus'' is not monophyletic either. Species ''Padus'' Species formerly included in the genus ''Padus'' are mostly incorporated into this subgenus, except '' P. maackii'' and '' P. xingshanensis'' which are included in ''Prunus'' subg. ''Cerasus''. They are deciduous and have small, sour fruit usually only palatable to birds, hence the name bird cherries. Bird cherries are native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere, including: *''Prunus brachypoda'' – China *'' Prunus brunnescens'' – Sichuan and Yunnan *''Prun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Miller
Philip Miller FRS (1691 – 18 December 1771) was an English botanist and gardener of Scottish descent. Miller was chief gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden for nearly 50 years from 1722, and wrote the highly popular ''The Gardeners Dictionary''. Life Born in Deptford or Greenwich, Miller was chief gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden from 1722 until he was pressured to retire shortly before his death. According to the botanist Peter Collinson, who visited the physic garden in July 1764 and recorded his observation in his commonplace books, Miller "has raised the reputation of the Chelsea Garden so much that it excels all the gardens of Europe for its amazing variety of plants of all orders and classes and from all climates..." He wrote ''The Gardener's and Florists Dictionary or a Complete System of Horticulture'' (1724) and ''The Gardener's Dictionary containing the Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen Fruit and Flower Garden'', which first appeared in 1731 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prunus Cornuta
''Prunus cornuta'', the Himalayan bird cherry, is a species of bird cherry native to the foothills of the Himalayas, including China and the countries of the Indian subcontinent. A medium-sized tree, it can reach 18m. It is used for a rootstock for sweet cherries in India. Its specific epithet references the "horned" deformation of the fruit seen when a tree is afflicted with the fungal disease pocket plum gall, ascribed to the species ''Taphrina padi ''Taphrina padi'' is a fungal plant pathogen that induces the form of pocket plum gall that occurs on bird cherry (''Prunus padus''). The gall is a chemically induced distortion of the fruits, which are swollen, hollow, curved and greatly elonga ...''. References External links * Bird cherries cornuta Flora of Asia Flora of China Flora of the Indian subcontinent Plants described in 1841 {{prunus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prunus Himalayana
''Prunus himalayana'', called jyokun shin in Tibetan and 喜马拉雅臭樱 in Chinese, is a species of ''Prunus ''Prunus'' is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes (among many others) the fruits plums, Cherry, cherries, peaches, Peach#Nectarine, nectarines, apricots, and almonds. Native to the North American temperate regions, the neotropics of Sou ...'' native to Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim and Tibet. It prefers to grow 2,800 to 4,200m above sea level in the Himalayas. As ''Maddenia himalaica'' it was the type species for the now unrecognized genus ''Maddenia''. Description ''Prunus himalayana'' trees are 3 to 8m tall, infrequently reaching 10m. Branches over two years old are pubescent and have brownish-purple to brownish-red shiny bark. Branchlets under one year old have densely brown villous (eventually becoming glabrous) brownish-red bark. Winter buds are purplish-red and ovoid, featuring scales which are externally brown villous to subglabrous. Stipules are lorate-lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prunus Wilsonii
''Prunus wilsonii'' () is a species of ''Prunus'' native to southeast China, preferring to grow at 950–2500m. It is a deciduous tree reaching a height of 10–30m. Uses Wood from ''Prunus wilsonii'' was used to carve the Shakyamuni (Shaka Nyorai) (木造釈迦如来立像; mokuzō shaka nyorai ryūzō), a copy of the lost Udayana Buddha by the Chinese sculptors (and brothers) Zhāng Yánjiǎo and Zhāng Yánxí. It was brought to Japan from China in 986 by the monk Chōnen (奝然). The sculpture stands tall and is a National Treasure of Japan Some of the National Treasures of Japan A is the most precious of Japan's Tangible Cultural Properties, as determined and designated by the Agency for Cultural Affairs (a special body of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Scien .... References External links {{Taxonbar, from1=Q17236276, from2=Q15228556, from3=Q50847818 wilsonii Bird cherries Endemic flora of China Plants described in 1905 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prunus Virginiana
''Prunus virginiana'', commonly called bitter-berry, chokecherry, Virginia bird cherry, and western chokecherry (also black chokecherry for ''P. virginiana'' var. ''demissa''), is a species of bird cherry (''Prunus'' subgenus ''Padus'') native to North America. Description Chokecherry is a suckering shrub or small tree growing to tall, rarely to and exceptionally with a trunk as thick as . The leaves are oval, long and wide, with a serrated margin. The stems rarely exceed in length. The flowers are produced in racemes long in late spring (well after leaf emergence), eventually growing up to 15 cm. They are across. The fruits (drupes) are about in diameter, range in color from bright red to black, and possess a very astringent taste, being both somewhat sour and somewhat bitter. They get darker and marginally sweeter as they ripen. They each contain a large stone. Chemistry Chokecherries are very high in antioxidant pigment compounds, such as anthocyanins. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prunus Velutina
''Prunus'' is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes (among many others) the fruits plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, and almonds. Native to the North American temperate regions, the neotropics of South America, and the paleotropics of Asia and Africa, 430 different species are classified under ''Prunus''. Many members of the genus are widely cultivated for their fruit and for decorative purposes. ''Prunus'' fruit are drupes, or stone fruits. The fleshy mesocarp surrounding the endocarp is edible while the endocarp itself forms a hard, inedible shell called the pyrena ("stone" or "pit"). This shell encloses the seed (or "kernel") which is edible in many species (such as almonds) but poisonous in others (such as apricots). Besides being eaten off the hand, most ''Prunus'' fruit are also commonly used in processing, such as jam production, canning, drying, and seeds for roasting. Botany Members of the genus can be deciduous or evergreen. A few species ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prunus Stellipila
''Prunus stellipila'' () is a species of ''Prunus'' native to central China, preferring to grow at 1000–1800m. It is a tree typically 6–9m tall, but reaching 20m. Uses People in rural Shaanxi province Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see § Name) is a landlocked province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichuan (SW), Gansu (W), Ni ... use its wood to make items of furniture, and particularly favor it for making chopping boards. They refer to it as 苦桃, "bitter peach". References External links {{Taxonbar, from1=Q17235631, from2=Q11088563 stellipila Bird cherries Endemic flora of China Plants described in 1911 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prunus Ssiori
''Prunus ssiori'', the Hokkaido bird cherry or Japanese bird cherry, is a species of bird cherry native to northern Japan, Sakhalin Island, and the Kuril Islands The Kuril Islands or Kurile Islands (; rus, Кури́льские острова́, r=Kuril'skiye ostrova, p=kʊˈrʲilʲskʲɪjə ɐstrɐˈva; Japanese: or ) are a volcanic archipelago currently administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast in the .... Some natural populations may occur on the far eastern mainland of Asia in Russia. Its specific epithet derives from its Ainu name, meaning "bitter". Uses Some cultivation of this species for its fruit is conducted by people in Japan and on Sakhalin. The Ainu and others use its wood for various crafts, such as hunting weapons, musical instruments, and furniture. References External links * {{Taxonbar, from1=Q3408657, from2=Q15544153 Bird cherries ssiori Flora of Asia Flora of China Flora of Japan Flora of Russia Plants described in 1868 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prunus Serotina
''Prunus serotina'', commonly called black cherry,World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference, Second Edition'. CRC Press; 19 April 2016. . p. 833–. wild black cherry, rum cherry, or mountain black cherry, is a deciduous tree or shrub of the genus ''Prunus''. Despite being called black cherry, it is not very closely related to the commonly cultivated cherries such as sweet cherry ''Prunus avium'', commonly called wild cherry, sweet cherry, gean, or bird cherryWorld Economic Plants: A Standard Reference, Second Edition'. CRC Press; 19 April 2016. . p. 833–. is a species of cherry, a flowering plant in the rose family, ... (''P. avium''), sour cherry (''P. cerasus'') and cherry blossom, Japanese flowering cherries (''P. serrulata'', ''P. speciosa'', ''P. sargentii'', ''P. incisa'', etc.) which belong to Prunus subg. Cerasus, ''Prunus'' subg. ''Cerasus''. Instead, ''P. serotina'' belongs to Prunus subg. Padus, ''Prunus'' subg. ''Padus'', a subgenus also including Eurasian b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prunus Perulata
''Prunus perulata'' () is a species of bird cherry native to Sichuan and Yunnan in China, preferring to grow at 2400–3200m. It is a tree typically 6–12m tall. Its flowers are borne on a raceme, quite small, with dull white to creamy-yellow petals. Its closest relative is '' Prunus buergeriana'', from which it is morphologically and genetically distinct. Ecology Its fruit are consumed by the endangered Yunnan snub-nosed monkey, '' Rhinopithecus bieti''. It is a forest gap specialist, taking advantage of treefalls to establish at the shadier edges of gaps. References {{Taxonbar, from1=Q17235133, from2=Q10952428 perulata Bird cherries Endemic flora of China Flora of South-Central China Plants described in 1911 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prunus Padus
''Prunus padus'', known as bird cherry, hackberry, hagberry, or Mayday tree, is a flowering plant in the rose family. It is a species of cherry, a deciduous small tree or large shrub up to tall. It is the type species of the subgenus '' Padus'', which have flowers in racemes. It is native to northern Europe and northern and northeast Asia, and is grown as an ornamental in North America. Distribution ''Prunus padus'' is native to eastern, central and northern Europe and spans central latitudes of Asia, including Japan. Its distribution includes the all of Western and Central Europe north of the Pyrenees and the Alps and south of the treeline with small pockets also found in Iberia and Northern Italy and even parts of North Africa. It also inhabits all of Eastern Europe north of the Balkan Mountains and the Steppe, as well as in the Caucasus. In Asia it is found throughout the forests of Siberia, the Russian Far East, Korea, Hokkaido, and parts of China with pockets in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prunus Obtusata
''Prunus obtusata'' (, ) is a species of bird cherry native to Tibet, southern China and Taiwan, preferring to grow at 800–3600m. It is a tree typically 6–20m tall. Its flowers are borne on a raceme, with white petals. The fruit is black. Ecology Its young leaves are consumed by the endangered Guizhou snub-nosed monkey, '' Rhinopithecus brelichi''. References {{Taxonbar, from1=Q10914898, from2=Q15228355, from3=Q50855036 obtusata Bird cherries Flora of Tibet Flora of South-Central China Flora of Southeast China Flora of Taiwan Plants described in 1911 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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