Prunus × dasycarpa, called purple apricot and black apricot (Chinese: zi xing), is a species of tree. It is in the genus Prunus in the rose family, Rosaceae. The species was named by Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart in 1791.[1] The buds are reddish-orange, and the flower blossoms are white. It is likely a hybrid of P. armeniaca × P. cerasifera (i.e., an apricot–cherry plum cross).[2] There is disagreement about whether this is a human-cultivated cross or a naturally occurring cross from Western Asia.[1][3][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Prunus |
| Species: | P. × dasycarpa
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References
edit- ^ a b "Prunus ×dasycarpa". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
- ^ "Prunus x dasycarpa Ehrh". Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
- ^ Jain, S.M.; Priyadarshan, P.M. (2009), Breeding Plantation Tree Crops: Temperate Species, Springer New York, p. 84, ISBN 9780387712031
- ^ "Prunus x dasycarpa Black Apricot PFAF Plant Database".
External links
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Media related to Prunus dasycarpa at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Prunus dasycarpa at Wikispecies
