Taxon: Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. var. divaricata (Ledeb.) L. H. Bailey

Summary

Genus:

Prunus

Subgenus:

Prunus

Section:

Prunus

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Amygdaloideae

Tribe:

Amygdaleae

Nomen number:

318137

Place of publication:

Cycl. Amer. hort. 3:1447. 1901

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35699096

Verified:

10/15/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

75 (24 active, 17 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. (67 active accession[s])
Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. var. cerasifera (0 active accession[s])

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

Basionym
Prunus divaricata Ledeb.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Prunus divaricata Ledeb. subsp. divaricata
Prunus divaricata Ledeb. subsp. nairica Kovalev
Prunus sogdiana Vassilcz.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976-. Flora of Libya. Note: = Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.
APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Bortiri, E. et al. 2001. Phylogeny and systematics of Prunus (Rosaceae) as determined by sequence analysis of ITS and the chloroplast trnL-trnF spacer DNA. Syst. Bot. 26:797-807. Note: this study found identical DNA sequences for this taxon as Prunus divaricata and P. cerasifera
Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. Note: = Prunus divaricata Ledeb.
Gunes, M. 2003. Some local plum varieties grown in Tokat Province. Pakistan J. Appl. Sci. 3:291-295.
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Prunus divaricata Ledeb.
Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Reales, A. et al. 2010. Phylogenetics of Eurasian plums, Prunus L. section Prunus (Rosaceae), according to coding and non-coding chloroplast DNA sequences. Tree Genet. Genomes 6:37-45. Note: this study obtained a "robust phylogeny" for the subgenus and section Prunus; Prunus divaricata was resolved in a group that included P. cerasifera and P. ursina, all of which obtained support for their recognition at the species level; the P. cerasifera group also had a sister relation to the hexaploids (P. domestica and P. insititia), and therefore this result was interpreted as evidence for supporting P. cerasifera "and its allies" as potential ancestors of P. domestica
Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica. Note: = Prunus divaricata Ledeb.
Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: = Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.
Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Wöhrmann, T. et al. 2011. Genetic variability in wild populations of Prunus divaricata Ledeb. in northern Iran revealed by EST-SSR and genomic SSR marker analysis. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 58:1157-1167. Note: as Prunus divaricata Ledeb., and commenting on its recognition at the subspecies level for wild forms
Zhang, W. et al. 2004. Prunus divaricata development in Yili of Xinjiang. Chin. Wild Pl. Resources

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Reference
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Armenia		Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Prunus divaricata Ledeb.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Azerbaijan		Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Prunus divaricata Ledeb.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Georgia		Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Prunus divaricata Ledeb.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Russian Federation	Dagestan	Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Prunus divaricata Ledeb.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Caucasus	Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia	Ciscaucasia	Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Prunus divaricata Ledeb.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu	Zhang, W. et al. 2004. Prunus divaricata development in Yili of Xinjiang. Chin. Wild Pl. Resources
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Kyrgyzstan		Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Prunus divaricata Ledeb.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Tajikistan		Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Prunus divaricata Ledeb.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Middle Asia	Turkmenistan		Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Prunus divaricata Ledeb.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Afghanistan		Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica. Note: = Prunus divaricata Ledeb.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iran		Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica. Note: = Prunus divaricata Ledeb.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Iraq		Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Western Asia	Turkey		Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. Note: = Prunus divaricata Ledeb.
1	Native	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Pakistan		Gunes, M. 2003. Some local plum varieties grown in Tokat Province. Pakistan J. Appl. Sci. 3:291-295.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Albania		Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: = Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Bulgaria		Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: = Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Croatia		Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: = Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.
1	Native	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Greece		Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: = Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.

Native
Asia-Temperate

WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey
CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
MIDDLE ASIA: Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
CHINA: China [Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu]

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Pakistan

Europe

SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia

Reference(s)

Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. Note: = Prunus divaricata Ledeb.
Gunes, M. 2003. Some local plum varieties grown in Tokat Province. Pakistan J. Appl. Sci. 3:291-295.
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: = Prunus divaricata Ledeb.
Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963-. Flora iranica. Note: = Prunus divaricata Ledeb.
Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: = Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.
Zhang, W. et al. 2004. Prunus divaricata development in Yili of Xinjiang. Chin. Wild Pl. Resources

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Human food	fruit	as Prunus divaricata	Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR. Note: as Prunus divaricata

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=318137. Accessed 15 April 2026.