Prunus × pugetensis
| Prunus × pugetensis | |
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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. Cerasus |
| Species: | P. × pugetensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Prunus × pugetensis A.L.Jacobson & Zika
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Prunus × pugetensis is a hybrid species of cherry discovered growing in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It has been given the nominal common name Puget Sound cherry. It is a cross of introduced sweet cherry, Prunus avium, and native Oregon cherry, Prunus emarginata.[1] Individuals have been found growing in British Columbia, Washington state and Oregon, in the natural range of P. emarginata. It differs from P. avium in a number of features, including having narrower leaves and smaller flowers carried on a peduncle.[2] Conversely, it has broader leaves and larger flowers than P. emarginata. The chief difference from its parents is that its flowers almost always abort, and it rarely bears any fruit.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Jacobson, Arthur L.; Zika, Peter F. (January–March 2007). "A New Hybrid Cherry, Prunus × pugetensis (P. avium × emarginata, Rosaceae), from the Pacific Northwest". Madroño. 54 (1): 74–85. doi:10.3120/0024-9637(2007)54[74:ANHCPP]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 41425684. S2CID 86661151.
- ^ "USDA Plants Database".
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