Prunus phaeosticta explained
Prunus phaeosticta, the dark-spotted cherry, is a species of plant native to China, Taiwan, and southeast Asia, including far eastern India, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. It gets its specific epithet and its common name from the small dark spots (glands) on the undersides of its leaves.[1] Formosan rock macaques (Macaca cyclopis) eat the fruit.[2] [3]
Subspecies and forms
A widespread species, it displays variety in its morphology, leading to a number of described putative subspecies, varieties and forms.
- P. phaeosticta f. pubipedunculata T.T. Yu & L.T. Lu
- P. phaeosticta f. ciliospinosa
- P. phaeosticta f. dentigera Rehder
- P. phaeosticta f. lasioclada Rehder
- P. phaeosticta f. phaeosticta
- P. phaeosticta f. puberula (Yü & Lu) Q.H.Chen
- P. phaeosticta subsp. ilicifolia (Hance) Maxim.
- P. phaeosticta subsp. phaeosticta
- P. phaeosticta var. ancylocarpa
- P. phaeosticta var. dimorphophylla
- P. phaeosticta var. promeccocarpa
Notes and References
- Chin . Siew-wai . Lutz . Sue . Wen . Jun . Potter . Dan . January 2013 . The Bitter and the Sweet: Inference of Homology and Evolution of Leaf Glands in Prunus (Rosaceae) through Anatomy, Micromorphology, and Ancestral–Character State Reconstruction . International Journal of Plant Sciences . 174 . 1 . 27–46 . 10.1086/668219 . 10.1086/668219 . 86652098 .
- Su . Hsiu-Hui . Lee . Ling-Ling . 2001 . Food Habits of Formosan Rock Macaques (Macaca cyclopis) in Jentse, Northeastern Taiwan, Assessed by Fecal Analysis and Behavioral Observation . International Journal of Primatology . 22 . 3 . 359–377 . 10.1023/A:1010799410911. 13615863 . 15 August 2018.
- Web site: Prunus phaeosticta (Hance) Maxim. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science.
