Prunus dielsiana

Prunus dielsiana, called Diel's cherry, the tawny bark cherry, and in Chinese: 云南樱桃, the tailed-leaf cherry, is a species of cherry native to China, preferring to grow at 500–1400 m above sea level, but reaching 1800 m. The fruits are eaten by masked palm civets (Paguma larvata) and the fruits, leaves and buds are eaten by gray snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus brelichi).[3][4]

Prunus dielsiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Species:
P. dielsiana
Binomial name
Prunus dielsiana
Synonyms

Cerasus dielsiana (C.K.Schneid.) T.T.Yü & C.L.Li[2]

Description

It is shrub or tree, usually 5 to 10 m tall. Its bark is brownish‑gray. The leaves have a 0.8 to 1.7 mm petiole, and are elliptic to elliptic-obovate, from 6 to 14 cm long and 2.5 to 4.5 cm wide. The leaves are a darker green on the top surface, with the underside pilose, even villous on the veins. Typically the umbellate or subumbellate inflorescences have 2 to 6 flowers with white or pink petals. Each flower has 32–36 stamens. The fruit, a drupe, is red, 8 to 9 mm.[5]

Distribution

Diel's cherry is found in Anhui, Chongqing, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, and Sichuan provinces in China.

Varieties
  • Prunus dielsiana var. dielsiana
  • Prunus dielsiana var. abbreviata Cardot
  • Prunus dielsiana var. laxa Koehne
  • Prunus dielsiana var. conferta Koehne

References
  1. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 1(5/6): 68. 1905
  2. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 38: 59. 1986.
  3. Zhou, Youbing; Zhang, Jinshuo; Slade, Eleanor; Zhang, Libiao; Palomares, Francisco; Chen, Jin; Wang, Xiaoming; Zhang, Shuyi (18 April 2008). "Dietary Shifts in Relation to Fruit Availability among Masked Palm Civets (Paguma larvata) in Central China". Journal of Mammalogy. 89 (2): 435–447. doi:10.1644/07-MAMM-A-048R1.1.
  4. Guo, Yanqing; Zhou, Jun; Xie, Jiahua; Garber, Paul A.; Bruford, Michael; Ren, Baoping; Li, Dayong; Zhou, Jiang (October 2018). "Altitudinal ranging of the Guizhou golden monkey (Rhinopithecus brelichi): Patterns of habitat selection and habitat use". Global Ecology and Conservation. 16 (2): e00473. doi:10.1016/j.gecco.2018.e00473.
  5. https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.ny00429944
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