Prunus mongolica

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. Persica
Species: Prunus mongolica
Name

Prunus mongolica Maxim.
References

Bulletin de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou. Moscow 45:16. 1879
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Prunus mongolica (the Mongolian almond) is a species of Prunus native to China and Mongolia, particularly the Gobi Desert. A small scrubby bush, reaching 1-2 m, it is adapted to extreme drought.[1] Genetic studies have shown that it is more closely related to the peaches, with its closest relative being Prunus tangutica.[2][3][4]
References

Wang, Jǖgang; Zheng, Rong; Bai, Shulan; Gao, Xiaomin; Liu, Min; Yan, Wei; Chan, Zhulong (20 April 2015). "Mongolian Almond (Prunus mongolica Maxim): The Morpho-Physiological, Biochemical and Transcriptomic Response to Drought Stress". PLOS ONE. 10 (4): e0124442. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1024442W. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0124442. PMC 4404049. PMID 25893685.
Yazbek, Mariana (9 April 2010). Systematics Of Prunus Subgenus Amygdalus Monograph And Phylogeny (Thesis). hdl:1813/14843.
Yazbek, Mariana M.; Al-Zein, Mohammad S. (15 May 2014). "Wild almonds gone wild: revisiting Darwin's statement on the origin of peaches". Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 61 (7): 1319–1328. doi:10.1007/s10722-014-0113-6. S2CID 18409093.
Wang, Jǖgang; Zheng, Rong; Bai, Shulan; Gao, Xiaomin; Liu, Min; Yan, Wei; Chan, Zhulong (20 April 2015). "Mongolian Almond (Prunus mongolica Maxim): The Morpho-Physiological, Biochemical and Transcriptomic Response to Drought Stress". PLOS ONE. 10 (4): e0124442. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1024442W. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0124442. PMC 4404049. PMID 25893685.