Prunus ramonensis (Danin) Eisenman, 2015

Eisenman, Sasha W., 2015, Some nomenclatural adjustments and typifications for almond species in the genus Prunus sensu lato (Rosaceae), Phytotaxa 222 (3), pp. 185-198 : 190-191

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.222.3.2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13634966

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DF2A367D-D907-FFCB-738A-F8E89E4C5DD3

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Prunus ramonensis (Danin) Eisenman
status

comb. nov.

Prunus ramonensis (Danin) Eisenman View in CoL , comb. nov.

Basionym:— Amygdalus ramonensis Danin (1980: 283) View in CoL .

Type:— ISRAEL. Central Negev Highlands, Nahal Eliav, 4 km SW of Har Ramon, 34° 39’E / 30° 38’N, banks of wadi with loessial alluvium. 16 April 1979, Avinoam Danin s.n. (holotype HUJ).

Note:—The collection date in the original basionym description does not match the date on the labels of specimens held at E and K (15 June 1979). According to Arts. 9.4 and 9.6 of the ICN ( McNeill et al. 2012), these specimens should be considered paratypes, rather than isotypes.

Amydalus ramonensis is endemic to Negev Highlands of Israel. The species is included by Shmida and Pollak (2007) in the Red Data Book: Endangered Plants of Israel, as well as in the Flora Palaestina ( Zohary 1972) , Analytical Flora of Eretz-Israel (Feinbrun-Dotan et al., 1998), and Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina Area ( Danin 2004). Although Kurtto (2009) regarded A. ramonensis as a synonym of Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb , it is still maintained as a species on the flora of Israel website (http://flora.org.il/plants/AMYRAM/). Danin (1980), stated that A. ramonesis differs from P. dulcis [= A. communis Linnaeus (1753: 473) ] by having smaller glabrous ovate fruits, subspinecent branches and apiculate leaves. Danin (2000) explained, “According to Browicz & Zohary (1996), who “summed up their views for tree breeders” (as D. Zohary explained the essence of their paper, pers. comm.) this taxon should be sunk into the complex of Amygdalus communis L. subsp. microcarpa ( Post 1898: 302) Browicz & Zohary (1996: 236) . I keep regarding this taxon as an independent species until more comprehensive study proves otherwise.”

Additional specimens examined:— ISRAEL. Central Negev Highlands, Nahal Eliav, 4 km SW of Har Ramon, 34° 39’E / 30° 38’N, banks of large wadi with loessial alluvium. 15 April 1979, Avinoam Danin s.n. (paratypes E!, K! [digital images])

HUJ

Hebrew University

E

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

K

Royal Botanic Gardens

ICN

Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Museo de Historia Natural

L

Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Leiden University branch

I

"Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Rosaceae

Genus

Prunus

Loc

Prunus ramonensis (Danin) Eisenman

Eisenman, Sasha W. 2015
2015
Loc

Amygdalus ramonensis

Danin 1980: 283
1980
Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF