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Internal ID UUID6440407cbc7cc334606225
Scientific name Prunus americana
Authority Marshall
First published in Arbust. Amer. : 111 (1785)

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Prunus americana, also known as the American plum, is a species of Prunus native to North America. It is commonly planted outside of its native range and has been confused with the Canada plum. This tree grows as a large shrub or small tree and is adapted to coarse and medium-textured soils. It blooms in spring and produces small, round fruits in the summer. American plum is often used for ornamental and culinary purposes, with over 200 cultivated varieties. It is also used for windbreaks and stabilizing stream banks. Native Americans traditionally used this tree for food and dye, and it is mentioned in Laura Ingalls Wilder's book "On the Banks of Plum Creek".

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Cerasus americana Hook. & Arn. Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 24 (1835)
Prunus coccinea Raf. Fl. Ludov. : 135 (1817)
Prunus acinaria Desf. Tabl. École Bot. : 179 (1804)
Prunus domestica var. americana (Marshall) Castigl. Viagg. Stati Uniti 2: 339 (1790)

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Language Common/alternative name
English american red plum
English american plum tree
English goose plum
English american plum
Spanish ciruelo americano
Arabic خوخ أمريكي
Arabic برقوق أمريكي
Azerbaijani amerika gavalısı
chy ma'xemenó'e
German amerikanische wildpflaume
German prärie-pflaume
Persian پرونوس آمریکایی
French prunier rouge américain
French prunier américain
Hebrew שזיף אמריקאי
Polish Śliwa amerykańska
Chinese 美国李
Chinese 美洲李

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Name Authority First published in
Prunus americana var. mollis (Torr.) Torr. & A.Gray Fl. N. Amer. (Torr. & A. Gray) 1(3): 407. 1840 [Jun 1840]

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Native
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • New Brunswick
      • Ontario
      • Québec
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Kansas
      • Minnesota
      • Missouri
      • Nebraska
      • North Dakota
      • Oklahoma
      • South Dakota
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • Vermont
      • West Virginia
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Idaho
      • Montana
      • Oregon
      • Washington
      • Wyoming
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Delaware
      • District Of Columbia
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Utah
    • Western Canada
      • Manitoba
      • Saskatchewan

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001017074
UNII G33S0Q958Q
Florida Plant Atlas 3827
Flora of Alabama 3173
Canadensys 8858
USDA Plants PRAM
UConn 348
Tropicos 27800132
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:210717-2
The Plant List rjp-77
Missouri Botanical Garden 286355
Open Tree Of Life 67001
NCBI Taxonomy 122118
Nature Serve 2.161452
IUCN Red List 50669154
IPNI 210717-2
iNaturalist 48629
GBIF 3021106
Freebase /m/02r5p17
WisFlora 4686
FEIS plants/shrub/pruame
EPPO PRNAM
EOL 301085
Calflora (Californian flora) 9393
USDA GRIN 29831
Wikipedia Prunus_americana

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Supplement Type Impact on the Performance and Nutrient Dynamics of Nursing Does and Kids Raised in Woodlands Shrestha B, Karki U, Chaudhary S, Tiwari A, Karki LB Animals (Basel) 23-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10778155
doi:10.3390/ani14010068
PMID:38200799
The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.) Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ PLoS One 04-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10602594
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
PMID:37792900
Pest categorisation of Hoplolaimus galeatus Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Migheli Q, Vloutoglou I, Maiorano A, Pautasso M, Reignault PL EFSA J 20-Jul-2023
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doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8117
PMID:37485256
Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – systematic literature search up to 31 December 2022 Gibin D, Pasinato L, Delbianco A EFSA J 13-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10262070
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8061
PMID:37325259
Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – systematic literature search up to 30 June 2022 Delbianco A, Gibin D, Pasinato L, Boscia D, Morelli M EFSA J 09-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9827234
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7726
PMID:36628332
Ecological Calendars, Food Sovereignty, and Climate Adaptation in Standing Rock Ruelle ML, Skye AJ, Collins E, Kassam KS Geohealth 01-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9736771
doi:10.1029/2022GH000621
PMID:36514479
Modulation of Cytoskeleton, Protein Trafficking, and Signaling Pathways by Metabolites from Cucurbitaceae, Ericaceae, and Rosaceae Plant Families Patel A, Rasheed A, Reilly I, Pareek Z, Hansen M, Haque Z, Simon-Fajardo D, Davies C, Tummala A, Reinhardt K, Bustabad A, Shaw M, Robins J, Vera Gomez K, Suphakorn T, Camacho Gemelgo M, Law A, Lin K, Hospedales E, Haley H, Perez Martinez JP, Khan S, DeCanio J, Padgett M, Abramov A, Nanjundan M Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 10-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9698530
doi:10.3390/ph15111380
PMID:36355554
Tissue-specific expression of Ruby in Mexican lime (C. aurantifolia) confers anthocyanin accumulation in fruit Thilmony R, Dasgupta K, Shao M, Harris D, Hartman J, Harden LA, Chan R, Thomson JG Front Plant Sci 08-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9393592
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.945738
PMID:36003820
Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – systematic literature search up to 31 December 2021 Delbianco A, Gibin D, Pasinato L, Boscia D, Morelli M EFSA J 15-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9198695
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7356
PMID:35734284
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PMCID:PMC9192816
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09640
PMID:35711997
Commodity risk assessment of Acer palmatum plants grafted on Acer davidii from China Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Gonthier P EFSA J 12-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9096882
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7298
PMID:35592020
Leaf Coloration in Acer palmatum Is Associated with a Positive Regulator ApMYB1 with Potential for Breeding Color-Leafed Plants Sun S, Zhang Q, Yu Y, Feng J, Liu C, Yang J Plants (Basel) 12-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8955597
doi:10.3390/plants11060759
PMID:35336641
Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – systematic literature search up to 30 June 2021 Delbianco A, Gibin D, Pasinato L, Morelli M EFSA J 12-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8753584
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7039
PMID:35035582
Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – systematic literature search up to 31 December 2020 Delbianco A, Gibin D, Pasinato L, Morelli M EFSA J 23-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8220458
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6674
PMID:34188716
Pomological Characteristics and Ploidy Levels of Japanese Plum (Prunus salicina Lindl.) Cultivars Preserved in Poland Głowacka A, Sitarek M, Rozpara E, Podwyszyńska M Plants (Basel) 27-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8146620
doi:10.3390/plants10050884
PMID:33925703

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