Prunus havardii

Prunus havardii, called Havard's plum, is a rare North American species of shrub tree native to western Texas in the United States and to northern Chihuahua across the Río Grande in Mexico.[2] It is in the genus Prunus in the rose family, Rosaceae.[3][4]

Prunus havardii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Subgenus: Prunus subg. Amygdalus
Species:
P. havardii
Binomial name
Prunus havardii
(W.Wight) S.C.Mason
Synonyms[1][lower-alpha 1]

Amygdalus havardii W. Wight

It has white flowers and stiff spiny branches. Its height is about 1.5 m (5 ft).[5]

Notes

  1. Frequently misspelled as Prunus harvardii

References

  1. Tropicos, Prunus havardii (W. Wight) S.C. Mason
  2. Powell, A. Michael (1998). Trees & Shrubs of the Trans-Pecos and Adjacent Areas. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press. p. 150. ISBN 0-292-76579-7.
  3. "Prunus havardii". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved February 4, 2014.
  4. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PRHA
  5. "Harvard Plum". Texas A&M University. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
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