Prunus haussknechtii (Persian: ارجنک) is a species of wild almond native to Iran. It is shrub or small tree 1–2 m tall, sometimes reaching 4 m, with pink flowers. It prefers to grow at 1200 to 3600 m above sea level, near water, either riverbanks or mountain bases where there is melting snow.[3] It has the largest nut and seed of the 17 species of almond.[4][5]
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Prunus |
| Species: | P. haussknechtii
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References edit
- ^ Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 592. 1905.
- ^ Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 58B: 254, in obs. 1938.
- ^ Yazbek, Mariana Mostafa (February 2010). Systematics of Prunus Subgenus Amygdalus: Monograph and Phylogeny (PDF) (PhD). Cornell University. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ Rahemi, A.; Fatahi Moghaddam, M.R.; Ebadi, A.; Taghavi, T.; Hassani, D. (2011). "Fruit Characteristics of Some Wild Almonds in Iran". Seed and Plant Improvement Journal. 27–1 (4): 459–481. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Taxonomy browser (Prunus scoparia x Prunus haussknechtii)".
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