Prunus webbii

Prunus webbii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Subgenus: Amygdalus
Species: P. webbii
Binomial name
Prunus webbii
Synonyms
  • Amygdalus webbii Spach
  • Amygdalus salicifolia Boiss. & Balansa
  • Amygdalus webbii var. salicifolia (Boiss. & Bal.) Boiss.

Prunus webbii is a species of wild almond found growing around the northeastern Mediterranean Sea, from Sicily, through Greece, Crete and the Aegean Islands, the Balkans and Anatolia, and possibly as far as Iraq or Iran. A dense spiny shrub or small tree with extremely bitter seeds, it is thought to have contributed some genes to the domesticated almond Prunus dulcis, although the extent of the contribution is debated and not yet fully understood.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Fernández i Martí, Angel; Font i Forcada, Carolina; Kamali, Kazem; Rubio-Cabetas, María J.; Wirthensohn, Michelle; Socias i Company, Rafel (27 July 2014). "Molecular analyses of evolution and population structure in a worldwide almond [Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb syn. P. amygdalus Batsch] pool assessed by microsatellite markers" (PDF). Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 62 (2): 205–219. doi:10.1007/s10722-014-0146-x. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
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