Prunus campanulata

Taiwan cherry
Prunus campanulata blossoms
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Prunus
Subgenus:	Cerasus
Species:	P. campanulata
Binomial name
Prunus campanulata Maxim.[1]
Synonyms
Cerasus campanulata (Maxim.) A.Vassiliev[2]

Prunus campanulata is a species of cherry native to Taiwan, widely grown as an ornamental tree, and a symbol of Nago, Okinawa in the Ryukyus. It is variously known in English as the Taiwan cherry or Formosan cherry; in Chinese: 山櫻花; pinyin: Shānyīnghuā; Japanese: 寒緋桜 Kanhizakura or 緋寒桜 Hikanzakura. It was described in 1883 by Carl Johann Maximowicz.^[1]

Invasive species

The tree is an invasive plant species in the Northland Region of New Zealand. It is illegal to distribute, sell or propagate the plant or distribute soil, gravel etc. that contain the seeds or other parts of the plant.^[3]

Images

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  Prunus campanulata foliage

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  Two tui in a flowering P. campanulata tree

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  P. campanulata in bloom
  (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

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  Close-up of P. campanulata flowers (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Plant Name Details for Prunus campanulata". IPNI. http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=729533-1&back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditSimplePlantNameSearch.do%3Ffind_wholeName%3DPrunus%2Bcampanulata%26output_format%3Dnormal. Retrieved September14, 2009. 
2. ^ "Plant Name Details for Cerasus campanulata". IPNI. http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=721864-1&back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditSimplePlantNameSearch.do%3Ffind_wholeName%3DCerasus%2Bcampanulata%26output_format%3Dnormal. Retrieved September14, 2009. 
3. ^ "Northland Pest Management Strategy". Northland Regional Council. http://www.nrc.govt.nz/upload/2412/Community%20Pest%20Plant%20Control%20Areas.pdf. Retrieved 12 August 2010.