Prunus haussknechtii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Species:
P. haussknechtii
Binomial name
Prunus haussknechtii
Synonyms
  • Amygdalus haussknechtii (C.K.Schneid.) Bornm.[2]

Prunus haussknechtii (Persian: ارجنک) is a species of wild almond native to Iran. It is shrub or small tree 1–2 m tall, sometimes reaching 4 m, with pink flowers. It prefers to grow at 1200 to 3600 m above sea level, near water, either riverbanks or mountain bases where there is melting snow.[3] It has the largest nut and seed of the 17 species of almond.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 592. 1905.
  2. ↑ Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 58B: 254, in obs. 1938.
  3. ↑ Yazbek, Mariana Mostafa (February 2010). Systematics of Prunus Subgenus Amygdalus: Monograph and Phylogeny (PDF) (PhD). Cornell University. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  4. ↑ Rahemi, A.; Fatahi Moghaddam, M.R.; Ebadi, A.; Taghavi, T.; Hassani, D. (2011). "Fruit Characteristics of Some Wild Almonds in Iran". Seed and Plant Improvement Journal. 27–1 (4): 459–481. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "Taxonomy browser (Prunus scoparia x Prunus haussknechtii)".


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