Prunus erioclada

Prunus erioclada
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Prunus
Subgenus:	Dodecandrae
Species:	P. erioclada
Binomial name
	Prunus erioclada; (Bornm.) Yazbek
Synonyms
	Amygdalus erioclada Bornm.;

Prunus erioclada is a species of wild almond native to Iran and Afghanistan. It is a thorny shrub 0.2 to 1.2 m tall. It is morphologically similar to Prunus lycioides, P. spinosissima, P. eburnea and P. brahuica. It can be distinguished from the similar species by having its one year old twigs densely covered by a white pubescence, termed white tomentose, and the older twigs grayish-white tomentose. A genetic and morphological analysis shows that it is a good species, with its closest relative being Prunus eburnea.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49:256. 1940, nom. inval.
^ Yazbek, Mariana Mostafa (February 2010). Systematics of Prunus Subgenus Amygdalus: Monograph and Phylogeny (PDF) (PhD). Cornell University. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
^ https://www.gbif.org/species/4938488

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[1] Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 49:256. 1940, nom. inval.

[Yazbek-2] Yazbek, Mariana Mostafa (February 2010). Systematics of Prunus Subgenus Amygdalus: Monograph and Phylogeny (PDF) (PhD). Cornell University. Retrieved 4 October 2018.

[3] ttps://www.gbif.org/species/4938488

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