- Prunus mexicana
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Prunus mexicana Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Rosales Family: Rosaceae Genus: Prunus Subgenus: Prunus Section: Prunocerasus[1] Species: P. mexicana Binomial name Prunus mexicana
S.Watson[2]Prunus mexicana, commonly known as the Mexican Plum,[2] is a species of plum tree that is found in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States as well as Northern Mexico. Its native range stretches from South Dakota and Ohio in the north to as far south as Alabama and Coahuila.[2] Mexican Plum is widely cultivated, such as on the west coast of the United States. It has a single trunk and reaches a height of 15–38 feet (4.6–12 m).[3]
Typically found on woodland edges or in open fields, the Mexican Plum has dark green, simple ovate leaves, fragrant white to whitish pink flowers, and dark grey bark banded with horizontal lenticels. Mexican Plums are adaptable to a wide range of soil pH and are drought-tolerant. They are hardy in USDA zones 7 to 9. [4]
References
- ^ Shaw and Small "Chloroplast DNA phylogeny and phhylogeography of the North American Plums (Prunus subgenus Prunus section Prunocerasus, Rosaceae)" Am. J. of Bot. 92(12): 2011-2030. 2005
- ^ a b c "Prunus mexicana S. Watson". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-08-28. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?30041. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
- ^ NPIN: Prunus mexicana (Mexican plum)
- ^ Arnold, M. (2002). Landscape Plants for Texas and Environs. Stipes. ISBN 1-58874-153-2.
Categories:- Rosales stubs
- Plums
- Trees of Alabama
- Trees of Arkansas
- Trees of Coahuila
- Trees of Illinois
- Trees of Indiana
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- Trees of Mississippi
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- Trees of Nuevo León
- Trees of Ohio
- Trees of Oklahoma
- Trees of South Dakota
- Trees of Tennessee
- Trees of Texas
- Trees of Wisconsin
- Prunus sect. Prunocerasus
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