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The plant was first described as Celtis tomentosa by William Roxburgh in 1832, then to the current name by the botanist Hiroshi Hara in 1971. [1] The specific epithet is taken from the Latin word tomentose meaning covered with short or matted hairs that describes the surface covering of the leaves. [5] There are two different varieties of the ...
From Deutschlands wildwachsende Arzney-Pflanzen (Germany's Wild Medicinal Plants), 1828. The genus name Prunus is from Latin for plum. The specific name persica was given by Linnaeus because European botanists of the 1700s and 1800s continued to believe the Roman accounts of peaches originating in Persia to be correct. [39]
This is a list of plants which includes trees and other herbs, vines, climbers, lianas, shrubs, subshrubs that are native or endemic to Cuba. This list should exclude plants grown, invasive species or introduced by humans (example: weeds). The endemic genera or species (exclusive of Cuba) are marked by *.
Prunus is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs from the family Rosaceae, which includes plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots and almonds (collectively stonefruit).The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, [4] being native to the temperate regions of North America, the neotropics of South America, and temperate and tropical regions of Eurasia and Africa, [5] There are about 340 ...
Cuban pine Pinaceae (pine family) Pinus culminicola: Potosí piñón Pinaceae (pine family) Pinus dabeshanensis: Dabieshan white pine Pinaceae (pine family) Pinus dalatensis: Vietnamese white pine Pinaceae (pine family) Pinus densata: Sikang pine Pinaceae (pine family) Pinus densiflora: Japanese red pine Pinaceae (pine family) Pinus devoniana ...
There are two species in the genus with the best known, Rhodotus palmatus, called the netted rhodotus, the rosy veincap, or the wrinkled peach. This uncommon species has a circumboreal distribution, and has been collected in eastern North America, northern Africa, Europe, and Asia; declining populations in Europe have led to its appearance in ...
Prunus andersonii is a deciduous shrub approaching 2 metres (6 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) in height, its tangling branches narrowing to spiny-tipped twigs. Serrated, lance-shaped to oval leaves occur in clusters, each leaf measuring up to 3 centimeters (1 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) long.
Common names include peach palm in English, among others used in South American countries. It is a long-lived perennial plant that is productive for 50 to 75 years on average. Its population has an important genetic diversity, leading to numerous fruits, colors, and qualities.