Prunus alabamensis
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 | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Prunus |
| Species: | P. alabamensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Prunus alabamensis C.Mohr | |
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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
- Tropicos, Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr
- "Prunus alabamensis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- Alabama Plant Atlas, Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr, Alabama Black Cherry
- Mohr, Charles Theodore 1899. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 26(3): 118–119
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