Prunus campanulata
| Taiwan cherry | |
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| Prunus campanulata blossoms | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Prunus |
| Subgenus: | Cerasus |
| Species: | P. campanulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Prunus campanulata Maxim. 1883 [1] | |
| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Prunus campanulata is a species of cherry native to Japan, Vietnam, and China (including Taiwan),[4] widely grown as an ornamental tree, and a symbol of Nago, Okinawa in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. It is variously known in English as the Taiwan cherry,[5] Formosan cherry, or bellflower cherry. It was described in 1883 by Carl Johann Maximowicz.[1]
Invasive species
The tree is an invasive plant species in the Northland Region of New Zealand. It is illegal to distribute, sell or propagate the plant or to distribute soil, gravel, etc., that contain the seeds or other parts of the plant.[6]
Images
Prunus campanulata foliage
Two tui in a flowering P. campanulata tree
Prunus campanulata young fruit
References
- 1 2 "Plant Name Details for Prunus campanulata". IPNI. Retrieved September 14, 2009.
- ↑ "Plant Name Details for Cerasus campanulata". IPNI. Retrieved September 14, 2009.
- ↑ The Plant List, Prunus campanulata Maxim.
- ↑ Flora of China, Cerasus campanulata (Maximowicz) A. N. Vassiljeva, 1957. 钟花樱桃 zhong hua ying tao
- ↑ "USDA GRIN Taxonomy".
- ↑ "Northland Pest Management Strategy" (PDF). Northland Regional Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
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