| Prunus domestica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Prunus |
| Subgenus: | Prunus subg. Prunus |
| Section: | Prunus sect. Prunus |
| Species: | P. domestica
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| Binomial name | |
| Prunus domestica | |
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Prunus domestica is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. A deciduous tree, it includes many varieties of the fruit trees known as plums in English, though not all plums belong to this species. The greengages and damsons also belong to subspecies of P. domestica.
Its hybrid parentage was believed to be Prunus spinosa and P. cerasifera;[3][4] however recent cytogenetic evidence seem to implicate 2×, 4×, 6×[a] P. cerasifera as the sole wild stock from which the cultivated 6× P. domestica could have evolved.[5]
- ^ Barstow, M. & Harvey-Brown, Y. (2017). "Prunus domestica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T50135950A50135957. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved January 27, 2014.
- ^ Crane, M.B.; Lawrence, W.J.C. (1947). The Genetics of Garden Plants (PDF). MacMillan & Co. LTD. p. 233. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
- ^ Khanizadeh, S.; Cousineau, J. (2000). Our Plums/Les Pruniers de chez nous. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada/Agriculteur et Agroalimentaire Canada. ISBN 978-0-660-61568-4.
- ^ Zohary, Daniel (1992-03-01). "Is the European plum, Prunus domestica L., a P. cerasifera EHRH. × P. spinosa L. allo-polyploid?". Euphytica. 60 (1): 75–77. doi:10.1007/BF00022260. ISSN 0014-2336. S2CID 10923512.
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