Prunus veitchii, synonym Prunus xueluoensis, is a species of Prunus found in south-central and southeast China.[1] It is a shrubby tree 0.5 to 3 m tall, preferring to grow at 1100 to 1500 m above sea level. It is morphologically similar to Prunus tomentosa and Prunus tianshanica. It differs from them by a number of features including having two to four flowers per inflorescence, many more stamens per flower, a glabrous pistil and a black fruit.[2] Genetically, P. veitchii (discussed under the synonym P. xueluoensis) is more closely related to P. polytricha, P. jingningensis, and P. pseudocerasus.[a][3]
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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 |
| Species: | P. veitchii
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| Binomial name | |
| Prunus veitchii Koehne[1]
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Notes edit
- ^ Called Cerasus polytricha, Cerasus jingningensis, and Cerasus cantabrigiensis, respectively, by the source.
References edit
- ^ a b c "Prunus veitchii Koehne". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
- ^ Nan, Cheng-Hui; Wang, Xian-Rong; Tang, Geng-Guo; Yi, Xian-Gui; Luo, Shi-Jia (2013). "Cerasus xueluoensis (Rosaceae), a new species from China" (PDF). Annales Botanici Fennici. 50 (1/2): 79–82. doi:10.5735/085.050.0114. S2CID 86851197. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ^ Fu, Tao; Yan, Chunfeng; Lin, Lejing; Wang, Zhilong; Lin, Li; Yuan, Dongming; Xu, Liang (2018). "Analysis of genetic relationship of wild Cerasus in South China with SSR markers". Journal of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences. 32 (10): 1949–1959. doi:10.11869/j.issn.100-8551.2018.10.1949. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
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