Prunus brigantina

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Rosaceae
Subfamilia: Amygdaloideae
Tribus: Amygdaleae
Genus: Prunus
Subgenus: P. subg. Prunus
Sectio: P. sect. Armeniaca
Species: Prunus brigantina
Name

Prunus brigantina Vill.
References

Prosp. Hist. pl. Dauphiné 49. 1779
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Prunus brigantina in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Prunus brigantina, called Briançon apricot (French: Abricotier de Briançon), Briançon plum (French: Prunier de Briançon), marmot plum (French: Marmottier), and Alpine apricot,[2] is a wild tree species native to France and Italy.[3][4] Its fruit is edible and similar to the commercial apricot P. armeniaca,[5] but it is smooth unlike apricots.[6] An edible oil produced from the seed, 'huile des marmottes', is used in France.[5]

It is disputed whether P. brigantina is an apricot or a plum. It is grouped with plum species according to chloroplast DNA sequences,[7] but more closely related to apricot species according to nuclear DNA sequences.[8]
References

Branca, F. & Donnini, D. 2011. Prunus brigantina (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172164A121228349. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172164A6840507.en. Downloaded on 28 August 2021.
"Prunus brigantina". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 21 January 2014.
"The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, version 2013.2". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
Altervista Flora Italiana, Prunus brigantina Vill. includes photos and European distribution map
"Prunus brigantina (Briançon Apricot)". PFAF Plant Database. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
Tutin, T. G.; Heywood, V. H.; Burges, N. A.; Moore, D. M.; Valentine, D. H.; Walters, S. M.; Webb, D. A. (1968). Flora Europaea. Vol. 2. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-521-06662-4.
Reales, Antonio; Sargent, Daniel J.; Tobutt, Ken R.; Rivera, Diego (2010-01-01). "Phylogenetics of Eurasian plums, Prunus L. section Prunus (Rosaceae), according to coding and non-coding chloroplast DNA sequences". Tree Genetics & Genomes. 6 (1): 37–45. doi:10.1007/s11295-009-0226-9. ISSN 1614-2950. S2CID 31215875.
Liu, Shuo; Decroocq, Stephane; Harte, Elodie; Tricon, David; Chague, Aurelie; Balakishiyeva, Gulnara; Kostritsyna, Tatiana; Turdiev, Timur; Saux, Marion Fisher-Le; Dallot, Sylvie; Giraud, Tatiana (2021-01-05). "Genetic diversity and population structure analyses in the Alpine plum (Prunus brigantina Vill.) confirm its affiliation to the Armeniaca section". Tree Genetics & Genomes. 17 (1): 2. doi:10.1007/s11295-020-01484-6. ISSN 1614-2950. S2CID 230795948.