Prunus alabamensis

Prunus alabamensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Species: P. alabamensis
Binomial name
Prunus alabamensis
C.Mohr 1899
Synonyms[1]
  • Padus alabamensis (C.Mohr) Small
  • Prunus serotina var. alabamensis (C.Mohr) Little

Prunus alabamensis, the Alabama cherry[2] or Alabama black cherry, is an uncommon North American species of shrub tree native to the southeastern United States (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina).[3][4]

Prunus alabamensis is a shrub or small tree up to 15 feet (450 cm) tall. Leaves are thick, broadly egg-shaped dull green on the upper surface, light green on the underside. Flowers are in an elongated raceme up to 6 inches (15 cm) long. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos, Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
  2. ↑ "Prunus alabamensis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. ↑ Alabama Plant Atlas, Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr, Alabama Black Cherry
  5. ↑ Mohr, Charles Theodore 1899. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 26(3): 118–119
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