Prunus rigida
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| Prunus rigida Koehne 1915
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Prunus rigida, is a species of shrub tree native to western South America, primarily Peru and Bolivia..[1][2][3]
Prunus rigida is in the genus Prunus in the rose family, Rosaceae.[4] It is a hairless shrub up to 3 meters tall. It is broadly egg-shaped or lance-shaped leaves up to 95 mm long, with teeth along the edges. Flowers are in elongated clusters up to 6 cm long.[5]
References
- ^ Grandtner, M. M.; Chevrette, Julien (2013). Dictionary of Trees. Vol. 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Waltham, MA: Academic Press. p. 541. ISBN 978-012-3969-545.
- ^ Killeen, T. J., E. García Estigarribia & S. G. Beck. (eds.) 1993. Guía Árb. Bolivia 1–958. Herbario Nacional de Bolivia & Missouri Botanical Garden, Edit. Quipus srl., La Paz
- ^ Macbride, J. F. 1938. Rosaceae. 13(2/3): 1063–1119. In J. F. Macbride (ed.) Flora of Peru. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series. Field Museum, Chicago
- ^ "Specimen: K000424933". London: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
- ^ Koehne, Bernhard Adalbert Emil 1915. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 52: 316 description in Latin
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