Details for: WLP 1521, Prunus sp., RMILLER-072014-002


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Prunus sp.
Top Name:
RMILLER-072014-002
Origin:
Collected – Alabama, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
21 Aug 2014
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Prunus sp.
Top Name:
RMILLER-072014-002
Origin:
Collected – Alabama, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
21 Aug 2014
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Collected
29 July 2014.
Alabama, United States
Coordinates: 31.7196, -87.4639 (Map it)
Elevation: 350m.

Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
RMILLER-072014-002
Type: Collector identifier

NA 81980
Type: Site identifier

Narrative
Reidentified as Prunus sp. due to clear misidentification of material bearing same field collection number received as seedlings and accessioned as NA 82647; that material is a member of subgenus Prunus. From the record of NA 82647: "Ron Miller commented in his email [RM to RJL] the following: "The common name 'Alabama cherry' seems right, for the fruit look very like domesticated sour cherries--in size and flavor. They are rather nice-looking on the plant with reds turning to blackish reds. Notice how much the seeds resemble cherry pits." [Note, this fruit size as described seems to be abnormally large compared to what is typically described for the taxon; identification may need review in the future.] See also NA 81980 for seeds sent earlier from this same collection. [Further update: This appears to be some form of plum, not a cherry (and certainly not a form of Prunus serotina); full ID will require a fruiting specimen, but it appears to be allied to P. umbellata, P. angustifolia, and P. rivularis."]
Prunus spp.
Genus:
Prunus
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Amygdaleae
Nomen number:

300491
Comment:
catch-all record for unidentified or unnamed plants of Prunus
Verified:
05/10/2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Amygdalopersica spp.
Amygdalus spp.
Amygdalus pseudopersica (Tamamsch.) Fed. & Takht.
Prunus hyrcanica hort.
Prunus velutipes Nakai

Common names
Annotations
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 07 May 2025, from Prunus serotina Ehrh. var. alabamensis (C. Mohr) Little to Prunus spp.
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Actions
  • ACCNUMBERD: Changed NA 81980 to WLP 1521. 29 Sep 2021.
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