Prunus subg. Padus

Prunus subg. Padus
Prunus virginiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Subgenus: Prunus subg. Padus
(Mill.) Peterm.
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Prunus subg. Padus is a subgenus of Prunus, characterised by having racemose inflorescences. Padus was originally a distinct genus, but genetic and morphological studies have shown that Padus is polyphyletic.[1][2] It has been proposed that all the racemose taxa within Prunus (Padus, Maddenia, Laurocerasus and Pygeum) are incorporated into a broad-sense Prunus subg. Padus.[3]

Padus is the Latin name for the Po River.[4] The term Padus (παδος) in reference to the plant comes from the Greek father of botany, Theophrastus, meaning "from the River Po."[5][6][7]

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  2. ^ Zhao, Liang; Jiang, Xi-Wang; Zuo, Yun-juan; Liu, Xiao-Lin; Chin, Siew-Wai; Haberle, Rosemarie; Potter, Daniel; Chang, Zhao-Yang; Wen, Jun (2016-06-13). "Multiple events of allopolyploidy in the evolution of the racemose lineages in Prunus (Rosaceae) based on integrated evidence from nuclear and plastid data". PLOS ONE. 11 (6): e0157123. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1157123Z. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0157123. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4905661. PMID 27294529.
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  5. ^ Linné, Carl von (1737). Hortus Cliffortianus: plantas exhibens quas in hortis tam vivis quam siccis, Hartecampi in Hollandia, coluit ... Georgius Clifford ... reductis varietatibus ad species, speciebus ad genera, generibus ad classes, adjectis locis plantarum natalibus differentiisque specierum. Cum tabulis aeneis (in Latin). Amstelaedami [Amsterdam]: [s.n.] p. 185.
  6. ^ Miller, Philip (1754). The gardeners dictionary: containing the methods of cultivating and improving all sorts of trees, plants, and flowers, for the kitchen, fruit, and pleasure gardens, as also those which are used in medicine: with directions for the culture of vineyards, and making of wine in England. Vol. v.3 (The fourth edition, corrected and enlarged. ed.). London: Printed for the author and sold by John and James Rivington. p. 1.
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