Details for: DPRU 1240, Prunus avium (L.) L., Emperor Francis

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Prunus avium (L.) L.

Top Name:

Emperor Francis

Origin:

Donated – Cape Province, South Africa

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

10 Sep 1987

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Prunus avium (L.) L.

Top Name:

Emperor Francis

Origin:

Donated – Cape Province, South Africa

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

10 Sep 1987

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Donated

10 September 1987.
Cape Province, South Africa
Comment: Donated to NCGR, Davis.
Donor(s):

South African Plant Improvement Org.

Accession Names and Identifiers

Emperor Francis

Type: Unverified name

DPRU 1240

Type: Site identifier

Narrative

Type = Cherry. Per Hedrick (see citation): "The origin of Emperor Francis is not given in any of the references though the variety seems to be quite well known in both France and England. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit large, obtuse-cordate; stem rather short; cavity medium in size; skin marbled with red on a yellowish-white ground; flesh firm, crisp, sweet, high flavored; stone small, bluntly pointed; ripens rather late."

Prunus avium (L.) L.

Genus:

Prunus

Subgenus:

Cerasus

Section:

Cerasus

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Amygdaloideae

Tribe:

Amygdaleae

Nomen number:

29844

Place of publication:

Fl. suec. ed. 2, 165. 1755

Protologue link:

https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/idurl/1/11163

Verified:

03/03/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Basionym
Prunus cerasus L. var. avium L.

Autonym(s)
Prunus avium (L.) L. var. avium

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Cerasus avium (L.) Moench
Cerasus avium (L.) Moench var. avium

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cerasus avium (L.) Moench var. aspleniifolia G. Kirchn.
Cerasus avium (L.) Moench var. sylvestris Ser.
Prunus avium (L.) L. var. aspleniifolia (G. Kirchn.) H. Jaeger
Prunus avium (L.) L. var. sylvestris (Ser.) G. Martens & Kemmler
Prunus macrophylla Poir.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	bird cherry		1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	gean		1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	mazzard cherry	applies to wild populations	1	Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
English	sweet cherry		1	Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
English	wild cherry		1	Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
French	cerisier des oiseaux		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	merisier		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Herzkirsche		2	Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
German	Süßkirsche		2	Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
German	Süßkirschenbaum		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Vogelkirsche		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Italian	ciliegio		2	International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
Japanese Rōmaji	seiyō-mizakura		2	Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguese	cerejeira		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	cerezo		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Transcribed Chinese	ou zhou tian ying tao	as Cerasus avium	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Cerasus avium (L.) Moench
Transcribed Korean	yangbeojnamu		2	Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.

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