Prunus cyclamina

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. Cerasus
Species: Prunus cyclamina
Name

Prunus cyclamina Koehne, Pl. wilson. 1: 207. 1912
Synonyms

Homotypic
Cerasus cyclamina (Koehne) T.T.Yu & C.L.Li

References

Prunus cyclamina, called the cyclamin cherry (or cyclamen cherry), the Chinese flowering cherry, and in Chinese: 襄阳山樱桃, the Xiangyang mountain cherry, is a species of flowering cherry native to China, preferring to grow at 1000–1300 m above sea level. It has prolific, attractive pale pink flowers that bloom early and outlast many later-blooming cherries and, accordingly, excellent potential as an ornamental.[3] In the Arnold Arboretum in Massachusetts two individuals have prospered for decades, never showing any signs of the typical diseases—including the nematodes, viruses and black knot—that afflict their Prunus neighbors.[4][5]

Description

It is robust tree, usually 5 to 10 m tall. Its bark is a dark purplish‑brown with prominent lenticles. Young spring leaves are an attractive bronze color. The serrated leaves have a 0.8 to 1.2 cm petiole, and are obovate-oblong or broadly elliptic, from 4.5 to 12 cm long and 2.7 to 5.5 cm wide. The leaves are a darker green on the top surface, with the underside glabrous, sometimes initially pilose on the veins. Prunus cyclamina var. cyclamina, the more widely distributed variety, has subumbellate inflorescences with 3 to 4 flowers, and Prunus cyclamina var. biflora has umbellate inflorescences with two flowers. Each flower is 3 to 6 cm wide and has about 32 stamens. The form of their deep pink calyxes resembles the corollas of cyclamen flowers, inspiring the specific epithet. The fruit, a drupe, is subglobose, purplish‑red, and 7.5 to 8.3 mm in diameter with scant but tasty flesh. They are relished by birds.
Distribution

Cyclamin cherry is found in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei, Hunan, and Sichuan provinces in China.
Varieties

Prunus cyclamina var. cyclamina
Prunus cyclamina var. biflora (双花山樱桃)

References

C. S. Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 1:207. 1912
Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 38: 59. 1986.
Del Tredici, Peter (2000–2001). "Survival of the Most Adaptable" (PDF). Arnoldia. 60 (4): 10–18. JSTOR 42954824. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
Koller, Gary L. (1980). "Outstanding plants of the Arnold Arboretum: Prunus cyclamina" (PDF). Arnoldia. 40 (3): 146–151. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
"Type of Prunus cyclamina Koehne [family ROSACEAE]".