Prunus, the Glossary
Prunus is a genus of trees and shrubs in the flowering plant family Rosaceae that includes plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, and almonds.[1]
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Agricultural Research Service
The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the principal in-house research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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Alfred Rehder
Alfred Rehder (4 September 1863 in Waldenburg, Saxony – 25 July 1949 in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) was a German-American botanical taxonomist and dendrologist who worked at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University.
Allenby Formation
The Allenby formation is a sedimentary rock formation in British Columbia which was deposited during the Ypresian stage of the Early Eocene.
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Almond
The almond (Prunus amygdalus, syn. Prunus dulcis) is a species of tree from the genus Prunus. Prunus and almond are fruit trees.
Amygdalin
Amygdalin (from Ancient Greek: ἀμυγδαλή amygdalē 'almond') is a naturally occurring chemical compound found in many plants, most notably in the seeds (kernels) of apricots, bitter almonds, apples, peaches, cherries and plums, and in the roots of manioc.
Amygdaloideae
Amygdaloideae is a subfamily within the flowering plant family Rosaceae.
Anatolia
Anatolia (Anadolu), also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula or a region in Turkey, constituting most of its contemporary territory.
Anthocyanin
Anthocyanins, also called anthocyans, are water-soluble vacuolar pigments that, depending on their pH, may appear red, purple, blue, or black.
Antioxidant
Antioxidants are compounds that inhibit oxidation (usually occurring as autoxidation), a chemical reaction that can produce free radicals.
Apricot
An apricot is a fruit, or the tree that bears the fruit, of several species in the genus Prunus.
Apricot kernel
An apricot kernel is the apricot seed located within the fruit endocarp, which forms a hard shell around the seed called the pyrena (stone or pit).
Bark (botany)
Bark is the outermost layer of stems and roots of woody plants.
Benign prostatic hyperplasia
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), also called prostate enlargement, is a noncancerous increase in size of the prostate gland.
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Boron
Boron is a chemical element; it has symbol B and atomic number 5.
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British United Island Airways
British United Island Airways (BUIA) was formed in November 1968 as part of a reorganisation of the BUA group of companies. It was a regional sister airline of British United Airways (BUA), Britain's largest wholly private, independentindependent from government-owned corporations airline of the 1960s.
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Cabinetry
A cabinet is a case or cupboard with shelves or drawers for storing or displaying items.
Caffeic acid
Caffeic acid is an organic compound with the formula.
Calcium
Calcium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ca and atomic number 20.
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.
Carotenoid
Carotenoids are yellow, orange, and red organic pigments that are produced by plants and algae, as well as several bacteria, archaea, and fungi.
Catalase
Catalase is a common enzyme found in nearly all living organisms exposed to oxygen (such as bacteria, plants, and animals) which catalyzes the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide to water and oxygen.
Catechin
Catechin is a flavan-3-ol, a type of secondary metabolite providing antioxidant roles in plants.
Cherry
A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus, and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit). Prunus and cherry are fruit trees.
Cherry blossom
The cherry blossom, or sakura, is the flower of trees in Prunus subgenus Cerasus.
Coldwater Beds
The Coldwater Beds are a geologic formation of the Okanagan Highlands in British Columbia, Canada.
Crataegus
Crataegus, commonly called hawthorn, quickthorn, thornapple,Voss, E. G. 1985. Prunus and Crataegus are Rosaceae genera.
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya).
Cultivar
A cultivar is a kind of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and which retains those traits when propagated.
Cyanide
In chemistry, cyanide is a chemical compound that contains a functional group.
Deciduous
In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flowering; and to the shedding of ripe fruit.
Dibotryon morbosum
Dibotryon morbosum or Apiosporina morbosa is a plant pathogen, which is the causal agent of black knot.
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Drupe
In botany, a drupe (or stone fruit) is an indehiscent type of fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp, or skin, and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a single shell (the pip (UK), pit (US), stone, or pyrena) of hardened endocarp with a seed (kernel) inside.
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Eocene
The Eocene is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma).
Eocene Okanagan Highlands
The Eocene Okanagan Highlands or Eocene Okanogan Highlands are a series of Early Eocene geological formations which span a transect of British Columbia, Canada, and Washington state, United States.
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Epigallocatechin gallate
Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), also known as epigallocatechin-3-gallate, is the ester of epigallocatechin and gallic acid, and is a type of catechin.
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Evergreen
In botany, an evergreen is a plant which has foliage that remains green and functional throughout the year.
Ferulic acid
Ferulic acid is a hydroxycinnamic acid derivative and a phenolic compound.
Flavan-3-ol
Flavan-3-ols (sometimes referred to as flavanols) are a subgroup of flavonoids.
Flavanone
The flavanones, a type of flavonoids, are various aromatic, colorless ketones derived from flavone that often occur in plants as glycosides.
Flavanonol
The flavanonols (with two "o"s a.k.a. 3-hydroxyflavanone or 2,3-dihydroflavonol) are a class of flavonoids that use the 3-hydroxy-2,3-dihydro-2-phenylchromen-4-one (IUPAC name) backbone.
Flavonoid
Flavonoids (or bioflavonoids; from the Latin word flavus, meaning yellow, their color in nature) are a class of polyphenolic secondary metabolites found in plants, and thus commonly consumed in the diets of humans.
Flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae, commonly called angiosperms.
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Fruit
In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering (see Fruit anatomy).
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Fruit (plant structure)
Fruits are the mature ovary or ovaries of one or more flowers.
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Furniture
Furniture refers to objects intended to support various human activities such as seating (e.g., stools, chairs, and sofas), eating (tables), storing items, working, and sleeping (e.g., beds and hammocks).
Germplasm Resources Information Network
Germplasm Resources Information Network or GRIN is an online USDA National Genetic Resources Program software project to comprehensively manage the computer database for the holdings of all plant germplasm collected by the National Plant Germplasm System.
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Giovanni Antonio Scopoli
Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (sometimes Latinized as Johannes Antonius Scopolius) (3 June 1723 – 8 May 1788) was an Italian physician and naturalist.
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Glossary of leaf morphology
The following terms are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants.
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Glucoside
A glucoside is a glycoside that is chemically derived from glucose.
Glutathione peroxidase
Glutathione peroxidase (GPx) is the general name of an enzyme family with peroxidase activity whose main biological role is to protect the organism from oxidative damage.
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Glutathione S-transferase
Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs), previously known as ligandins, are a family of eukaryotic and prokaryotic phase II metabolic isozymes best known for their ability to catalyze the conjugation of the reduced form of glutathione (GSH) to xenobiotic substrates for the purpose of detoxification.
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Gummosis
Gummosis is the formation of patches of a gummy substance on the surface of certain plants, particularly fruit trees.
Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau
Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (20 July 1700, Paris13 August 1782, Paris), was a French physician, naval engineer and botanist.
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Hortus Cliffortianus
The Hortus Cliffortianus is a work of early botanical literature published in 1737.
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Humulus lupulus
Humulus lupulus, the common hop or hops, is a species of flowering plant in the hemp family Cannabaceae, native to West Asia, Europe and North America.
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Hybrid (biology)
In biology, a hybrid is the offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different varieties, subspecies, species or genera through sexual reproduction.
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Hydrogen cyanide
Hydrogen cyanide (formerly known as prussic acid) is a chemical compound with the formula HCN and structural formula. It is a highly toxic and flammable liquid that boils slightly above room temperature, at. HCN is produced on an industrial scale and is a highly valued precursor to many chemical compounds ranging from polymers to pharmaceuticals.
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Hydrogen peroxide
Hydrogen peroxide is a chemical compound with the formula.
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Hydrolysis
Hydrolysis is any chemical reaction in which a molecule of water breaks one or more chemical bonds.
Hydroxyl radical
The hydroxyl radical, •HO, is the neutral form of the hydroxide ion (HO–).
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Integrated Taxonomic Information System
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is an American partnership of federal agencies designed to provide consistent and reliable information on the taxonomy of biological species.
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Introduced species
An introduced species, alien species, exotic species, adventive species, immigrant species, foreign species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species is a species living outside its native distributional range, but which has arrived there by human activity, directly or indirectly, and either deliberately or accidentally.
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John Torrey
John Torrey (August 15, 1796 – March 10, 1873) was an American botanist, chemist, and physician.
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century.
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Joseph Gaertner
Joseph Gaertner (12 March 1732 – 14 July 1791) was a German botanist, best known for his work on seeds, De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1788-1792).
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Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini
Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini (10 August 1797 – 18 February 1848) was a German botanist, Professor of Botany at the University of Munich.
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Klondike Mountain Formation
The Klondike Mountain Formation is an Early Eocene (Ypresian) geological formation located in the northeast central area of Washington state.
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Laetiporus
Laetiporus is a genus of edible mushrooms found throughout much of the world.
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera or lepidopterans is an order of winged insects that includes butterflies and moths.
Liberty Hyde Bailey
Liberty Hyde Bailey (March 15, 1858 – December 25, 1954) was an American horticulturist and reformer of rural life.
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Lumber
Lumber is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes (dimensional lumber), including beams and planks or boards.
Lutetian
The Lutetian is, in the geologic timescale, a stage or age in the Eocene.
Maloideae
The Maloideae C.Weber was the apple subfamily, a grouping used by some taxonomists within the rose family, Rosaceae.
Max Joseph Roemer
Max Joseph Roemer (1791, Munich – 1849) was a German botanist who worked in Weimar.
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McAbee Fossil Beds
The McAbee Fossil Beds is a Heritage Site that protects an Eocene Epoch fossil locality east of Cache Creek, British Columbia, Canada, just north of and visible from Provincial Highway 97 / the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1).
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Natural History (Pliny)
The Natural History (Naturalis Historia) is a Latin work by Pliny the Elder.
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Nectar
Nectar is a viscous, sugar-rich liquid produced by plants in glands called nectaries, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to animal mutualists, which in turn provide herbivore protection.
Neotropical realm
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface.
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NPR
National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.
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Nucleic acid sequence
A nucleic acid sequence is a succession of bases within the nucleotides forming alleles within a DNA (using GACT) or RNA (GACU) molecule.
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Nut (fruit)
A nut is a fruit consisting of a hard or tough nutshell protecting a kernel which is usually edible.
Okanagan Highland
The Okanagan Highland is an elevated hilly plateau area in British Columbia, Canada, and the U.S. state of Washington (where it is spelled Okanogan Highlands).
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Online Etymology Dictionary
The Online Etymology Dictionary or Etymonline, sometimes abbreviated as OED (not to be confused with the Oxford English Dictionary, which the site often cites), is a free online dictionary that describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper.
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Ornamental plant
Ornamental plants or garden plants are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space.
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P-Coumaric acid
p-Coumaric acid is an organic compound with the formula HOC6H4CH.
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Peach
The peach (Prunus persica) is a deciduous tree first domesticated and cultivated in Zhejiang province of Eastern China. Prunus and peach are fruit trees.
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Phenols
In organic chemistry, phenols, sometimes called phenolics, are a class of chemical compounds consisting of one or more hydroxyl groups (−O H) bonded directly to an aromatic hydrocarbon group.
Philip Miller
Philip Miller FRS (1691 – 18 December 1771) was an English botanist and gardener of Scottish descent.
Philipp Franz von Siebold
Philipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold (17 February 1796 – 18 October 1866) was a German physician, botanist and traveller.
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Phorodon humuli
Phorodon humuli, the hop aphid, or damson-hop aphid, is an aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera.
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Phrygian language
The Phrygian language was the Indo-European language of the Phrygians, spoken in Anatolia (modern Turkey), during classical antiquity (c. 8th century BCE to 5th century CE).
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Phylogenetic tree
A phylogenetic tree, phylogeny or evolutionary tree is a graphical representation which shows the evolutionary history between a set of species or taxa during a specific time.
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Phytochemical
Phytochemicals are chemical compounds produced by plants, generally to help them resist fungi, bacteria and plant virus infections, and also consumption by insects and other animals.
Plum
A plum is a fruit of some species in ''Prunus'' subg. ''Prunus''. Dried plums are often called prunes, though in the United States they may be labeled as 'dried plums', especially during the 21st century.
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Princeton Chert
The Princeton Chert is a fossil locality in British Columbia, Canada, which comprises an anatomically preserved flora of Eocene Epoch age, with rich species abundance and diversity.
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Princeton, British Columbia
Princeton is a town municipality in the Similkameen area of southern British Columbia, Canada.
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Protocatechuic acid
Protocatechuic acid (PCA) is a dihydroxybenzoic acid, a type of phenolic acid.
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Prunus africana
Prunus africana, the African cherry, has a wide distribution in Africa, occurring in montane regions of central and southern Africa and on the islands of Bioko, São-Tomé, Grande Comore, and Madagascar.
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Prunus alabamensis
Prunus alabamensis, the Alabama cherry or Alabama black cherry, is an uncommon or rare species of tree in the rose family endemic to parts of the Southeastern United States.
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Prunus alleghaniensis
Prunus alleghaniensis, the Allegheny plum, is a species of New World plum, native to the Appalachian Mountains.
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Prunus americana
Prunus americana, commonly called the American plum, wild plum, or Marshall's large yellow sweet plum, is a species of Prunus native to North America from Saskatchewan and Idaho south to New Mexico and east to Québec, Maine and Florida.
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Prunus andersonii
Prunus andersonii is a species of shrub in the rose family, part of the same genus as the peach, cherry, and almond.
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Prunus angustifolia
Prunus angustifolia, known commonly as Chickasaw plum, Cherokee plum, Florida sand plum, sandhill plum, or sand plum, is a North American species of plum-bearing tree.
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Prunus apetala
Prunus apetala is a species of flowering cherry in the genus Prunus in the family Rosaceae.
Prunus armeniaca
Prunus armeniaca is the most commonly cultivated apricot species. Prunus and Prunus armeniaca are fruit trees.
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Prunus avium
Prunus avium, commonly called wild cherry, sweet cherry or gean is a species of cherry, a flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. Prunus and Prunus avium are fruit trees.
Prunus × subhirtella
Prunus × subhirtella, the winter-flowering cherry, spring cherry, or rosebud cherry, is the scientific name for the hybrid between Prunus itosakura and Prunus incisa.
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Prunus × yedoensis
Prunus × yedoensis (synonym Cerasus × yedoensis) is a hybrid cherry tree between Prunus speciosa (Oshima cherry) as father plant and ''Prunus pendula'' f. ''ascendens'' (syn. Prunus itosakura, Prunus subhirtella var. ascendens, Edo higan) as mother.
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Prunus brasiliensis
Prunus brasiliensis is a species of tree in the family Rosaceae.
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Prunus brigantina
Prunus brigantina, called Briançon apricot (Abricotier de Briançon), Briançon plum (Prunier de Briançon), marmot plum (Marmottier), and Alpine apricot, is a wild tree species native to France and Italy.
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Prunus buergeriana
Prunus buergeriana, in Japanese イヌザクラ (inu-zakura), meaning dog cherry, is a species of bird cherry native to Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, northeast India (Sikkim), and Bhutan.
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Prunus buxifolia
Prunus buxifolia is a species of tree in the family Rosaceae.
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Prunus campanulata
Prunus campanulata is a species of cherry native to Japan, Taiwan, southern and eastern China (Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Hunan, Fujian, and Zhejiang), and Vietnam.
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Prunus canescens
Prunus canescens, the gray-leaf cherry (and hoary cherry, although that name is also used for Prunus incana), is a species of cherry native to China, found in Hubei and Sichuan provinces.
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Prunus caroliniana
Prunus caroliniana, known as the Carolina laurelcherry, Carolina cherry laurel, Carolina cherry, or Cherry laurel, is a small evergreen flowering tree native to the lowlands of Southeastern United States, from North Carolina south to Florida and westward to central Texas.
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Prunus cerasifera
Prunus cerasifera is a species of plum known by the common names cherry plum and myrobalan plum. Prunus and Prunus cerasifera are fruit trees.
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Prunus cerasoides
Prunus cerasoides, commonly known as the wild Himalayan cherry, sour cherry or pahhiya is a species of deciduous cherry tree in the family Rosaceae.
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Prunus cerasus
Prunus cerasus (sour cherry, tart cherry, or dwarf cherry) is a species of Prunus in the subgenus Cerasus (cherries), native to much of Europe, North Africa and West Asia. Prunus and Prunus cerasus are fruit trees.
Prunus ceylanica
Prunus ceylanica is a species of plant in the family Rosaceae.
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Prunus cocomilia
Prunus cocomilia is a species of plum commonly called Italian plum.
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Prunus cornuta
Prunus cornuta, the Himalayan bird cherry, is a species of bird cherry native to the foothills of the Himalayas, including China and the countries of the Indian subcontinent.
Prunus cortapico
Prunus cortapico is a species of tree in the family Rosaceae, and is native to Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador.
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Prunus darvasica
Prunus darvasica, the Darvaz plum, is rare plant endemic to Tajikistan.
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Prunus davidiana
Prunus davidianaChittenden, Fred J., Synge, Patrick M., editors.
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Prunus domestica
Prunus domestica is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. Prunus and Prunus domestica are fruit trees.
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Prunus emarginata
Prunus emarginata, the bitter cherry or Oregon cherry, is a species of Prunus native to western North America, from British Columbia south to Baja California, and east as far as western Wyoming and New Mexico.
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Prunus eremophila
Prunus eremophila, also known by its common name Mojave Desert plum, is a rare species of plum native to California.
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Prunus fasciculata
Prunus fasciculata, also known as wild almond, desert almond, or desert peach is a spiny and woody shrub producing wild almonds, which is native to western deserts of North America.
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Prunus fremontii
Prunus fremontii is a North American species of plants in the rose family, known by the common name desert apricot.
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Prunus fruticosa
Prunus fruticosa, the European dwarf cherry, dwarf cherry, Mongolian cherry or steppe cherry is a deciduous, xerophytic, winter-hardy, cherry-bearing shrub.
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Prunus geniculata
Prunus geniculata is a rare species of plum known by the common name scrub plum.
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Prunus gentryi
Prunus gentryi is a species of wild cherry in the genus Prunus, family Rosaceae, native to the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora.
Prunus glandulosa
Prunus glandulosa, called Chinese bush cherry, Chinese plum, and dwarf flowering almond, is a species of shrub tree native to China and long present in Japan.
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Prunus gracilis
Prunus gracilis, called the Oklahoma plum, sour plum, and sand plum, is a species of Prunus native to the south-central United States.
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Prunus grayana
Prunus grayana (syn. Padus grayana (Maxim.) C.K.Schneid., Prunus padus var. japonica Miq.; Japanese bird cherry or Gray's bird cherry; Japanese; Chinese) is a species of bird cherry native to Japan and China, occurring at medium altitudes of 1,000–3,800 m in the temperate zone.
Prunus havardii
Prunus havardii, called Havard's wild almond or Havard's plum, is a rare North American species of shrub tree native to western Texas in the United States and to northern Chihuahua across the Río Grande in Mexico.
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Prunus hortulana
Prunus hortulana, called the hortulan plum and wild goose plum, is a fruit shrub in the rose family found in the central United States in: Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia.
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Prunus huantensis
Prunus huantensis is a South American tree native to mountain forests of Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia.
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Prunus ilicifolia
Prunus ilicifolia (Common names: hollyleaf cherry, evergreen cherry;Fire Effects Information Service, USDA Forest Service: islay - Salinan Native American) is native to the chaparral areas of coastal California (from Mendocino County to San Diego County), Baja California, and Baja California Sur.
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Prunus incana
Prunus incana, the willow leaf cherry (and hoary cherry, although that name is also used for Prunus canescens), is a species of sour cherry native to the Caucasus region of central Asia, including Russia, Armenia, Georgia, Turkey and possibly Iran.
Prunus incisa
Prunus incisa, the Fuji cherry, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, which gets its scientific name from the deep incisions on the leaves.
Prunus integrifolia
Prunus integrifolia is a tree native to mountain forests of western South America.
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Prunus jacquemontii
Prunus jacquemontii, sometimes called Afghan cherry, Afghan bush cherry, Afghan dwarf cherry, or flowering almond, a name shared with Prunus triloba, is shrub which originates from Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Tibet.
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Prunus japonica
Prunus japonica (also Cerasus japonica), also called Japanese bush cherry, Oriental bush cherry, or Korean bush cherry is a shrub species in the genus Prunus that is widely cultivated for ornamental use.
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Prunus laurocerasus
Prunus laurocerasus, also known as cherry laurel, common laurel and sometimes English laurel in North America, is an evergreen species of cherry (Prunus), native to regions bordering the Black Sea in southwestern Asia and southeastern Europe, from Albania and Bulgaria east through Turkey to the Caucasus Mountains and northern Iran.
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Prunus lusitanica
Prunus lusitanica, the Portuguese laurel cherry or Portugal laurel, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae, native to the Iberian Peninsula, Morocco, the Macaronesian archipelagos, and the French Basque Country.
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Prunus maackii
Prunus maackii, commonly called the Manchurian cherry or Amur chokecherry, is a species of cherry native to Korea and both banks of the Amur River, in Manchuria in northeastern China, and Amur Oblast and Primorye in southeastern Russia.
Prunus mahaleb
Prunus mahaleb, the mahaleb cherry or St Lucie cherry, is a species of cherry tree. Prunus and Prunus mahaleb are fruit trees.
Prunus mandshurica
Prunus mandshurica, also called Manchurian apricot and scout apricot, is a tree in the genus Prunus.
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Prunus maritima
Prunus maritima, the beach plum, is a species of plum native to the East Coast of the United States.
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Prunus maximowiczii
Prunus maximowiczii, known as Korean cherry, Korean mountain cherry, or Miyama cherry, is a small (about 7.5 m), fruiting cherry tree that can be found growing wild in northeastern Asia and Eurasia.
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Prunus mexicana
Prunus mexicana, commonly known as the Mexican plum, Inch plum, and Bigtree plum, is a North American species of plum tree that can be found in the central United States and Northern Mexico.
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Prunus minutiflora
Prunus minutiflora, called the Texas almond, is a shrub native to Texas and northern Mexico.
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Prunus mume
Prunus mume is a Chinese tree species classified in the Armeniaca section of the genus Prunus subgenus Prunus.
Prunus murrayana
Prunus murrayana, called the Murray's plum, is a critically endangered shrub native to Texas.
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Prunus myrtifolia
Prunus myrtifolia, called the West Indies cherry or myrtle laurel cherry, is a New World species of shrubs in the family Rosaceae.
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Prunus nigra
Prunus nigra, the Canada plum, Canadian plum, or black plum, is a species of Prunus native to eastern North America.
Prunus nipponica
Prunus nipponica, also called, is a shrub which originates from the islands of Hokkaido and Honshu, Japan.
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Prunus occidentalis
Prunus occidentalis is a plant in the family Rosaceae of the order Rosales.
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Prunus padus
Prunus padus, known as bird cherry, hackberry, hagberry, or Mayday tree, is a flowering plant in the rose family. Prunus and Prunus padus are fruit trees.
Prunus pensylvanica
Prunus pensylvanica, also known as bird cherry, fire cherry, pin cherry, and red cherry, is a North American cherry species in the genus Prunus.
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Prunus pleuradenia
Prunus pleuradenia, the Antilles cherry, is a species of cherry laurel (Laurocerasus, sometimes included in Padus) native to the islands of the Caribbean, particularly the Lesser Antilles.
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Prunus prostrata
Prunus prostrata (mountain cherry, rock cherry, creeping cherry, spreading cherry or prostrate cherry) is a hardy alpine shrub found naturally above about 2000 m. up to as high as 4000 m. in Spain, France, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Albania, Croatia, Greece, North Macedonia, Sardinia, Turkey, and Syria.
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Prunus pseudocerasus
Prunus pseudocerasus or Prunus pseudo-cerasus, the Chinese sour cherry or just Chinese cherry, is a species of cherry native to China and is used worldwide as an ornamental for its early spring cherry blossoms.
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Prunus pumila
Prunus pumila, commonly called sand cherry, is a North American species of cherry in the rose family.
Prunus rigida
Prunus rigida, is a species of shrub or tree in the family Rosaceae.
Prunus rivularis
Prunus rivularis, known variously by the common names creek plum, hog plum, or wild-goose plum is a thicket-forming shrub.
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Prunus salicina
Prunus salicina (syn. Prunus triflora or Prunus thibetica), commonly called the Japanese plum or Chinese plum, is a small deciduous tree native to China, Taiwan and Southeast Asia.
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Prunus sargentii
Prunus sargentii, commonly known as Sargent's cherry or North Japanese hill cherry, is a species of cherry native to Japan, Korea, and Sakhalin (Russia).
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Prunus scoparia
Prunus scoparia is a wild almond primarily found in the Zagros forests of Iran but also distributed across Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan.
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Prunus sect. Microcerasus
Prunus sect.
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Prunus sect. Prunocerasus
Prunus sect.
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Prunus sect. Prunus
Prunus sect.
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Prunus serotina
Prunus serotina, commonly called black cherry,.
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Prunus serrula
Prunus serrula, called birch bark cherry, birchbark cherry, paperbark cherry, or Tibetan cherry, is a species of cherry native to China, and is used as an ornamental in many parts of the world for its striking coppery-red bark.
Prunus serrulata
Prunus serrulata or Japanese cherry is a species of cherry tree that grows naturally in Japan, China, Korea, and Vietnam, and it also refers to a cultivar produced from ''Prunus speciosa'' (Oshima cherry), a cherry tree endemic in Japan.
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Prunus sibirica
Prunus sibirica, commonly known as Siberian apricot, is a species of shrub or small tree native to northern China, Korea, Mongolia, and eastern Siberia.
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Prunus simonii
Prunus simonii, called apricot plum and Simon plum, is a tree in the genus Prunus.
Prunus speciosa
Prunus speciosa, the Oshima cherry, Japanese オオシマザクラ (Oshima zakura), is native to Izu Ōshima island and the Izu Peninsula on Honshū near Tokyo, Japan.
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Prunus spinosa
Prunus spinosa, called blackthorn or sloe, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae. Prunus and Prunus spinosa are fruit trees.
Prunus ssiori
Prunus ssiori, the Hokkaido bird cherry or Japanese bird cherry, is a species of bird cherry native to northern Japan, Sakhalin Island, and the Kuril Islands.
Prunus subcordata
Prunus subcordata, known by the common names Klamath plum, Oregon plum, Pacific plum and Sierra plum, is a member of the genus Prunus, native to the western United States, especially California and Oregon.
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Prunus subcorymbosa
Prunus subcorymbosa is a species of tree in the family Rosaceae, and is native to montane forests from Costa Rica, Central America, to Venezuela and northern Peru, South America.
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Prunus subg. Cerasus
Prunus subg.
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Prunus subg. Padus
Prunus subg.
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Prunus subg. Prunus
Prunus subg.
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Prunus tenella
Prunus tenella, the dwarf Russian almond, is a species of deciduous shrub in the genus Prunus, native to steppes of Eastern Europe and Western Siberia, as well as dry open sites of Caucasus, Western and Central Asia.
Prunus texana
Prunus texana, called peachbush, Texas almond cherry, Texas peachbush, sand plum, peach bush, duraznillo and wild peach is native to central and western Texas.
Prunus tomentosa
Prunus tomentosa is a species of Prunus native to northern and western China (including Tibet), Korea, Mongolia, and possibly northern India (Jammu and Kashmir, though probably only cultivated there).
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Prunus triloba
Prunus triloba, sometimes called flowering plum or flowering almond, a name shared with Prunus jacquemontii,Bailey, L.H.; Bailey, E.Z.; the staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
Prunus turneriana
Prunus turneriana is a species of plant in the rose, apple and peach family Rosaceae, native to New Guinea and Australia.
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Prunus umbellata
Prunus umbellata, called flatwoods plum, hog plum and sloe plum, is a plum species native to the United States from Virginia, south to Florida, and west to Texas.
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Prunus ursina
Prunus ursina (bear's plum) is a species of prunus native to the woods of Western Asia from Turkey to Syria, Israel and Lebanon.
Prunus virginiana
Prunus virginiana, commonly called bitter-berry, chokecherry, Virginia bird cherry, and western chokecherry (also black chokecherry for P. virginiana var. demissa), is a species of bird cherry (''Prunus'' subgenus ''Padus'') native to North America.
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Prunus zippeliana
Prunus zippeliana or big leaf cherry (Chinese: 大叶桂樱, Da ye gui ying) is a species of Prunus native to China, Japan, and Vietnam.
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Pyrena
A pyrena or pyrene (commonly called a "pit" or "stone") is the fruitstone within a drupe or drupelet produced by the ossification of the endocarp or lining of the fruit.
Quilchena
Quilchena (q̓əłmíx, N̓łəqiłmlx̌) is an unincorporated community located on the south shore of Nicola Lake near the city of Merritt, British Columbia, Canada in that province's Nicola Country region.
Raceme
A raceme or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers.
Radical (chemistry)
In chemistry, a radical, also known as a free radical, is an atom, molecule, or ion that has at least one unpaired valence electron.
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Reactive oxygen species
In chemistry and biology, reactive oxygen species (ROS) are highly reactive chemicals formed from diatomic oxygen, water, and hydrogen peroxide.
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Republic, Washington
Republic is a city in Ferry County, Washington, United States.
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Rosaceae
Rosaceae (-si.eɪ), the rose family, is a medium-sized family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera.
Sepal
A sepal is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants).
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Singlet oxygen
Singlet oxygen, systematically named dioxygen(singlet) and dioxidene, is a gaseous inorganic chemical with the formula O.
Species Plantarum
Species Plantarum (Latin for "The Species of Plants") is a book by Carl Linnaeus, originally published in 1753, which lists every species of plant known at the time, classified into genera.
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Stamen
The stamen (stamina or stamens) is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower.
Stipule
In botany, a stipule is an outgrowth typically borne on both sides (sometimes on just one side) of the base of a leafstalk (the petiole).
Superoxide
In chemistry, a superoxide is a compound that contains the superoxide ion, which has the chemical formula.
Superoxide dismutase
Superoxide dismutase (SOD) is an enzyme that alternately catalyzes the dismutation (or partitioning) of the superoxide anion radical into normal molecular oxygen (O2) and hydrogen peroxide.
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Tasmania
Tasmania (palawa kani: lutruwita) is an island state of Australia.
Thomas Thomson (botanist)
Thomas Thomson (4 December 1817 – 18 April 1878) was a British surgeon with the British East India Company before becoming a botanist.
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Tocopherol
Tocopherols (TCP) are a class of organic compounds comprising various methylated phenols, many of which have vitamin E activity.
Tree of 40 Fruit
A Tree of 40 Fruit is one of a series of fruit trees created by the Syracuse University Professor Sam Van Aken using the technique of grafting.
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Umbel
In botany, an umbel is an inflorescence that consists of a number of short flower stalks (called pedicels) that spread from a common point, somewhat like umbrella ribs.
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United States Department of Agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is an executive department of the United States federal government that aims to meet the needs of commercial farming and livestock food production, promotes agricultural trade and production, works to assure food safety, protects natural resources, fosters rural communities and works to end hunger in the United States and internationally.
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Vanillic acid
Vanillic acid (4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoic acid) is a dihydroxybenzoic acid derivative used as a flavoring agent.
4-Hydroxybenzoic acid
4-Hydroxybenzoic acid, also known as p-hydroxybenzoic acid (PHBA), is a monohydroxybenzoic acid, a phenolic derivative of benzoic acid.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus
Also known as Amygdaleae, Amygdalopersica, Amygdalophora, Amygdalopsis, Cerapadus, Ceraseidos, Corking (stone fruit), Lauro-cerasus, Padellus, Prunus monticola, Stonefruit disease.
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