Taxon:  Prunus angustifolia Marshall



Summary
Genus:
Prunus
Subgenus:
Prunus
Section:
Prunocerasus
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Amygdaleae
Nomen number:
29836
Place of publication:
Arbust. amer. 111.  1785
Comment:
valid publication verified from original literature
Verified:
03/09/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
45 (10  active, 8  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Prunus angustifolia Marshall var. angustifolia

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Prunus angustifolia Marshall var. watsonii (Sarg.) Waugh
Prunus watsonii Sarg.

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Stone

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  2. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. Bortiri, E. et al. 2006. Phylogenetic analysis of morphology in Prunus reveals extensive homoplasy. Pl. Syst. Evol. 259:53-71.
  4. Chin, S.-W. et al. 2014. Diversification of almonds, peaches, plums and cherries - Molecular systematics and biogeographic history of Prunus (Rosaceae). Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 76:34-48.
  5. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
  6. Diggs, G. M., Jr. et al. 2006-. Illustrated flora of East Texas
  7. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  8. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
  9. Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
  10. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
  11. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 1:515-516.
  12. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  13. IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
  14. Jones, G. N. & G. D. Fuller. 1955. Vascular plants of Illinois.
  15. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. Note: with two varieties
  16. Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
  17. Lee, S. & J. Wen. 2001. A phylogenetic analysis of Prunus and the Amygdaloideae (Rosaceae) using ITS sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA. Amer. J. Bot. 88:150-160.
  18. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  19. Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
  20. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  21. Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
  22. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
  23. Mowrey, B. D. & D. J. Werner. 1990. Phylogenetic relationships among species of Prunus as inferred by isozyme markers. Theor. Appl. Genet. 80:129-133.
  24. Okie, W. R. 2001. Plum crazy: Rediscovering our lost Prunus resources. HortScience 36:209-213. Note: it recognized Prunus angustifolia as one common species in the SE United States with selected races still under cultivation; it cited that disease resistance is linked to poor fruit quality, but hybrids with Japanese plum are still used by breeders
  25. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  26. Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
  27. Rohrer, J. R. 2011. Prunus (Rosaceae). In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. 9:381.
  28. Shaw, J. & R. L. Small. 2004. Addressing the "hardest puzzle in American pomology:" Phylogeny of Prunus sect. Prunocerasus (Rosaceae) based on seven noncoding chloroplast DNA regions. Amer. J. Bot. 91:985-996.
  29. Shaw, J. & R. L. Small. 2005. Chloroplast DNA phylogeny and phylogeography of the North American plums (Prunus subgenus Prunus section Prunocerasus, Rosaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 92:2011-2030.
  30. Shi, S. et al. 2013. Phylogeny and classification of Prunus sensu lato (Rosaceae). J. Integr. Pl. Biol. 55:1069-1079.
  31. Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
  32. Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
  33. 2018. Oklahoma vascular plant database
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishCherokee plum  1Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 1:515-516.
EnglishChickasaw plum  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
EnglishFlorida sand plum  1Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 1:515-516.
Englishmountain cherry  1Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 1:515-516.
Englishsand plum as Prunus angustifolia var. watsonii11961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Englishsandhill plum  1McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
GermanChicasapflaume  2Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Swedishchickasawplommon  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIllinois Rohrer, J. R. 2011. Prunus (Rosaceae). In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. 9:381.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesKansas Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMissouri Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNebraskas.Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesOklahoma Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesIndiana McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew Jersey McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesPennsylvania Rohrer, J. R. 2011. Prunus (Rosaceae). In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. 9:381.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesWest Virginia McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesColorados.e.Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNew Mexicoe.Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesAlabama Rohrer, J. R. 2011. Prunus (Rosaceae). In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. 9:381.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesArkansas Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesDelaware Rohrer, J. R. 2011. Prunus (Rosaceae). In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. 9:381.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesDistrict of Columbia Rohrer, J. R. 2011. Prunus (Rosaceae). In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. 9:381.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesGeorgia Rohrer, J. R. 2011. Prunus (Rosaceae). In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. 9:381.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesKentucky Rohrer, J. R. 2011. Prunus (Rosaceae). In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. 9:381.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesLouisiana Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMaryland Rohrer, J. R. 2011. Prunus (Rosaceae). In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. 9:381.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesSouth Carolina Rohrer, J. R. 2011. Prunus (Rosaceae). In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. 9:381.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesTennessee Rohrer, J. R. 2011. Prunus (Rosaceae). In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. 9:381.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesVirginia Rohrer, J. R. 2011. Prunus (Rosaceae). In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. 9:381.
2Cultivated    also cult.Helton, A. W. 1976. Effects of selected rootstoks on growth and productivity of two cultivars of Prunus domestica. Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 56:185-191.
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhereRohrer, J. R. 2011. Prunus (Rosaceae). In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. 9:381.
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Indiana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska (s.), Oklahoma]
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado (s.e.)]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico (e.), Texas]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)

Reference(s)
  1. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
  2. Helton, A. W. 1976. Effects of selected rootstoks on growth and productivity of two cultivars of Prunus domestica. Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 56:185-191.
  3. Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
  4. Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
  5. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
  6. Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
  7. Rohrer, J. R. 2011. Prunus (Rosaceae). In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. 9:381.
  8. Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Human foodfruitfor making jams & jelliesMarkle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=29836. Accessed 15 April 2026.