Prunus incisa
| Prunus incisa | |
|---|---|
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| Prunus incisa [1] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Prunus |
| Subgenus: | Cerasus[2] |
| Species: | P. incisa |
| Binomial name | |
| Prunus incisa Thunb. | |
Prunus incisa, the Fuji cherry,[2] gets its scientific name from the deep incisions on the leaves. A dainty slow-growing, early white-flowering cherry, it is a century-old cultigen from Hondo, Japan. It is highly regarded as an ornamental but the wood has no industrial value. It is hardy to -20°C, and crossed with Prunus speciosa, has yielded the cultivar Prunus 'Umineko'.[3] It is in the ornamental section Pseudocerasus of the cherry subgenus Cerasus of the Prunus genus. Ma et al. classified it in a group with Prunus nipponica.[4]
'Kojo-no-Mai' is a cultivar suitable for the very small garden, as with judicious pruning it can be kept to a maximum size of 1.5–2 m (5–7 ft). In a large pot it will produce a dome of twiggy growth, and has the added bonus of brilliant autumn colour.[5]
References
- ↑ Cirrus Digital: Fuji Cherry Prunus incisa
- 1 2 GRIN taxonomy of plants, entry for Prunus incisa
- ↑ More, D. & J. White. (2003) Cassell's Trees of Britain & Northern Europe. London:Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 535
- ↑ Ma, Hongmei; Olsen, Richard; Pooler, Margaret (2009). "Evaluation of Flowering Cherry Species, Hybrids, and Cultivars Using Simple Sequence Repeat Markers". Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 134 (4): 435–444.
- ↑ Royal Horticultural Society: Prunus incisa Kojo-no-mai