Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.

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Showing Prunus armeniaca

Rosaceae Juss.

APC
Plantae(reg.)
Charophyta(div.)
Equisetopsida(cl.)
Magnoliidae(subcl.)
Rosanae(superordo)
Rosales(ordo)
Rosaceae(fam.)
Prunus(gen.)
armeniaca(sp.)

Prunus armeniaca L.

, legitimate

, scientific

Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1

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474

[tax. nov.]

Type: "Habitat ..."

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Rosaceae.

Flora of South-eastern Queensland

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239

[secondary reference]

common name:

Apricot

[n/a]

Text: "The following species [seven species listed in text] are widely cultivated and often persist in old gardens, around old farm areas etc., and may appear to be naturalized. Sometimes young plants do come up but the species do not appear to be spread far."

Smith, J.M.B. (26 May 1988), Prunus (Amygdalaceae) in New South Wales.

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152

APC

[secondary reference]

APC Dist.: WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

Harden, G.J. & Rodd, A.N. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Amygdalaceae.

Flora of New South Wales

:

549

[secondary reference]

common name:

Apricot

[n/a]

Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. in Harden, G.J. & Murray, L.J. (ed.) (2000), Flora of New South Wales Supplement 1

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77

[secondary reference]

Harden, G.J. & Rodd, A.N. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Amygdalaceae.

Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition

:

549

[secondary reference]

common name:

Apricot

[n/a]

Keighery, G.J. (2011), Prunus (Rosaceae or Amygdalaceae) in Western Australia.

Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter

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36-37

[secondary reference]

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (16 March 2017), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2016.

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122

[secondary reference]