PLANTS Profile for Prunus mexicana (Mexican plum)

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Prunus mexicana S. Watson
Mexican plum

Symbol:

PRME

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Prunus americana var. lanata

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Prunus mexicana S. Watson

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Synonyms:
Prunus mexicana S. Watson

	PRAML2	Prunus americana Marsh. var. lanata Sudw.
	PRLA8	Prunus lanata (Sudw.) Mack. & Bush
	PRMEF	Prunus mexicana S. Watson var. flutonensis (Sarg.) Sarg.
	PRMEP	Prunus mexicana S. Watson var. polyandra (Sarg.) Sarg.
	PRPEM	Prunus pensylvanica L. f. var. mollis (Douglas) B. Boivin

Distribution:
Prunus mexicana S. Watson


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Related Taxa:
Prunus mexicana S. Watson

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 61 species in Prunus

Classification:
Prunus mexicana S. Watson

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rosales
Family	Rosaceae – Rose family
Genus	Prunus L. – plum
Species	Prunus mexicana S. Watson – Mexican plum

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Prunus mexicana S. Watson

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Ohio:
bigtree plum		Presumed Extirpated

More Accounts and Images:
Prunus mexicana S. Watson

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 24791.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/22/2008 07:30 PM MDT