Prunus × dasycarpa

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
Nothospecies: Prunus × dasycarpa
Name

Prunus × dasycarpa Ehrh. (1791)

Formula hybridae: Prunus armeniaca L. × Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.

Synonyms

Homotypic
Armeniaca dasycarpa (Ehrh.) Borkh., Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1(2): 37. 1797.
Armeniaca dasycarpa (Ehrh.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 2(1): 36. 1806, comb. superfl.
× Armenoprunus dasycarpa (Ehrh.) Janch., Cat. Fl. Austr. I. Pteridophyt. & Anthophyt., Heft 2, 351. 1958; Phyton (Horn) 8(3-4): 237. 1959.
Prunus armeniaca var. dasycarpa (Ehrh.) K.Koch, Dendrologie 1: 88. 1869.

Heterotypic
Armeniaca fusca Turp. & Poit. ex Duham., Traité Arbr. Fruit. Nouv., ed. 1, fasc. 4. no. 9, p. 19.

References

Ehrhart, J.F. 1791. Beitrage zur Naturkunde 6: 90.
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Prunus × dasycarpa, called purple apricot and black apricot (Chinese: zi xing), is a species of tree. It is in the genus Prunus in the rose family, Rosaceae. The species was named by Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart in 1791.[1] The buds are reddish-orange, and the flower blossoms are white. It is likely a hybrid of P. armeniaca × P. cerasifera (i.e., an apricot–cherry plum cross).[2] There is disagreement about whether this is a human-cultivated cross or a naturally occurring cross from Western Asia.[1][3][4]
References

"Prunus ×dasycarpa". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved January 29, 2014.
"Prunus x dasycarpa Ehrh". Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
Jain, S.M.; Priyadarshan, P.M. (2009), Breeding Plantation Tree Crops: Temperate Species, Springer New York, p. 84, ISBN 9780387712031
"Prunus x dasycarpa Black Apricot PFAF Plant Database".