Prunus × rossica
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| Prunus × rossica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Prunus |
| Subgenus: | Prunus subg. Prunus |
| Section: | Prunus sect. Prunus |
| Species: | P. × rossica
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| Binomial name | |
| Prunus × rossica Eremin
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Prunus × rossica, the Russian plum, is a hybrid cultigen between cherry plum (Prunus cerasifera) and Chinese or Japanese plum (Prunus salicina). It is of commercial importance in the European Russia, and there are many cultivars developed there, such as 'Gek', 'Desertnaya', 'Kubanskaya Kometa', 'Obilnaja'.[1]
In the US, a few cultivars have also been developed, such as Sprite Cherry-Plum[2] and Delight Cherry-Plum.[3]
The South African cultivar 'Methley' is also a cultivar of P. × rossica.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Eremin, G.V. (2006). "Prunus rossica (Rosaceae), a new hybridogenous species". Botanicheskii Zhurnal. 91 (9): 1405–1410.
- ^ "Sprite Cherry-Plum Interspecific Plum". Dave Wilson Nursery. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
- ^ "Delight Cherry-Plum Interspecific Plum". Dave Wilson Nursery. Retrieved 2021-02-20.
- ^ Boonprakob, Unaroj; Byrne, David H.; Graham, Charles J.; Okie, W. R.; Beckman, Thomas; Smith, Brian R. (2001-07-01). "Genetic relationships among cultivated diploid plums and their progenitors as determined by RAPD markers". Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 126 (4): 451–461. doi:10.21273/JASHS.126.4.451. ISSN 2327-9788.
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