Details for: DPRU 924, Prunus salicina Lindl., Formosa

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Prunus salicina Lindl.

Top Name:

Formosa

Origin:

Donated – California, United States

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Davis

Received by NPGS:

01 Jan 1900

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Budwood	3 count		DPRU 924 0000B PL

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Prunus salicina Lindl.

Top Name:

Formosa

Origin:

Donated – California, United States

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Davis

Received by NPGS:

01 Jan 1900

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Donated

California, United States

Donor(s):

Kennedy, C.T., California Rare Fruit Growers

Accession Names and Identifiers

Formosa

Type: Unverified name

DPRU 924

Type: Site identifier

Narrative

Type = Plum. Per The Plums of New York (see citation): "Grown by Luther Burbank, who states that it is of mixed parentage, including probably from fifteen to eighteen varieties. Tree vigorous and productive; fruit large, oval to slightly cordate; suture very prominent; cavity medium; rich yellow with light bloom turning to clear red at maturity; flesh pale yellow, firm, sweet, rich, apricot flavor; good; stone semi-clinging; mid-season."

Prunus salicina Lindl.

Genus:

Prunus

Subgenus:

Prunus

Section:

Prunus

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Amygdaloideae

Tribe:

Amygdaleae

Nomen number:

30091

Place of publication:

Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7:239. 1828 ("1830")

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44594745

Comment:

date of publication from K. Gandhi (pers. comm. via e-mail on 11 Jul 2012)

Verified:

05/13/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Prunus salicina Lindl. var. cordata Y. He & J. Y. Zhang (0 active accession[s])
Prunus salicina Lindl. var. mandshurica (Skvortsov) Skvortsov & A. I. Baranov (2 active accession[s])
Prunus salicina Lindl. var. pubipes (Koehne) L. H. Bailey (0 active accession[s])
Prunus salicina Lindl. var. salicina (3 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Prunus thibetica Franch.
Prunus trifolia Roxb.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	plum	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	willow-leaf cherry	1	Pandey, A. et al. 2008. Genetic resources of Prunus (Rosaceae) in India. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 55:91-104. Note: introduced in India, and a minor cultivated resource
Swedish	japanskt plommon	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	li	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 27 May 1992, from Prunus salicina Lindl. to Prunus salicina Lindl. var. salicina
Taxonomic Re-Identification: 08 Oct 1998, from Prunus salicina Lindl. var. salicina to Prunus salicina Lindl.

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory
FLWR-FRUIT	Color of Flower Petals	Typical color of fully expanded flower blossom.	White	PLUM.CHAR.WEO.02	DPRU 924 0000B PL
FLWR-FRUIT	Size of Flowers	Typical size of floral blossoms.	5	PLUM.CHAR.WEO.02	DPRU 924 0000B PL
PHENOLOGY	Date of First Flower	Date of full opening of first flower	2/25/2002	PLUM.CHAR.WEO.02	DPRU 924 0000B PL