Prunus cyclamina
Prunus cyclamina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Prunus |
Species: | P. cyclamina
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Binomial name | |
Prunus cyclamina | |
Synonyms | |
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Prunus cyclamina, called the cyclamin cherry (or cyclamen cherry), the Chinese flowering cherry, and in
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.[citation needed]
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.
- 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]".