Synonyms:

• (≡) Cerasus glandulosa (Thunb.) Loisel.
• (=) Prunus sinensis Pers.

Common names:

• Chinese bush cherry  (Source: Zander ed17) - English
• dwarf flowering almond  (Source: Krussmann) - English
• amandier à fleurs du Japon  (Source: Zander ed17) - French
• Drüsenkirsche  (Source: Zander ed17) - German
• hitoe-no-niwa-zakura  (Source: F JapanOhwi) - Japanese Rōmaji
• mandelkörsbär  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
• mai li  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

• Harmful organism host: test organism for crop diseases (fide Acta Hort 738:601. 2007)
• Environmental: ornamental (fide Zander ed13)
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of Japanese plum (based on its affinities to Prunus cerasifera - P. salicina fide Pl Syst Evol 259:62. 2006)
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of myrobalan plum (based on its affinities to Prunus cerasifera - P. salicina fide Pl Syst Evol 259:62. 2006)
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of plum (based on affinities to Prunus domestica fide Mol Phylogenet Evol 76:43, 45. 2014)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China [Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei (n.), Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang]


Cultivated (also cult.)

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
2. Chin, S.-W. et al. 2014. Diversification of almonds, peaches, plums and cherries - Molecular systematics and biogeographic history of Prunus (Rosaceae) Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 76:34-48.
3. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984 (Zander ed13)
4. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002 (Zander ed17)
5. Kalinina, A. et al. 2007. Susceptibility of ornamental Prunus to plum pox potyvirus infection Acta Hort. 738:601-605.
6. Krüssmann, G. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). 1984 (Krussmann)
7. Ohwi, J. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi)
8. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=29901. Accessed 25 abril 2024.