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Prunus maritima Marshall

This species name was first published in Arbust. Amer. : 103 (1785)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0001005249.

Synonyms of Prunus maritima Marshall

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cerasus cerasifera Eaton & Wright N. Am. Bot. 189. wfo-0000989810
Prunus declinata Marshall Arbust. Amer. : 112 (1785) wfo-0000995762
Prunus pygmaea Willd. Berlin. Baumz. : 248 (1796) wfo-0000995883
Prunus sphaerica Willd. Berlin. Baumz. : 315 (1811) wfo-0000995884
Prunus pubescens Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 331 (1814) wfo-0000996065
Prunus littoralis Bigelow Fl. Boston. : 193 (1824) wfo-0000996067
Prunus acuminata Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 2(5): 317. 1878 [Jul 1878] wfo-0000996069
Prunus pubigera Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 404. wfo-0000996279
Prunus reclinata Bosc ex Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 1: 398 (1834) wfo-0000996331
Prunus poiretiana Heynh. Nom. Bot. Hort. : 564 (1841) wfo-0000996441
Cerasus pubescens Ser. Prodr. 2: 538 (1825) wfo-0000996572
Cerasus pygmaea Loisel. Traité Arbr. Arbust. (Duhamel), nouv. éd. 5: 32. wfo-0000996582
Cerasus littoralis Eaton & Wright N. Am. Bot. 189. wfo-0000996670
Prunus maritima var. gravesii (Small) G.J.Anderson Rhodora 82: 375 (1980) wfo-0001005256
Prunus pubescens Poir. Encycl. , Suppl. 4: 584 (1816) wfo-0001008114
Prunus maritima var. maritima wfo-0001013876
Prunus gravesii Small Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 45 (1897) wfo-0001014085
Prunus sphaerocarpa Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 284 (1803) wfo-0001017612
Prunus acuminata Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 284 (1803) wfo-0001017613
Prunus maritima f. flava G.S.Torr. Rhodora 16: 92 (1914) wfo-0001324425
Prunus maritima var. praecox Pennypacker Contr. Bot. Lab. Univ. Pennsylvania 4: 254 (1919) wfo-0001396299
Prunus maritima var. caerulea-magna Pennypacker Contr. Bot. Lab. Univ. Pennsylvania 4: 251 (1919) wfo-0001397665
Prunus maritima var. caerulea-parva Pennypacker Contr. Bot. Lab. Univ. Pennsylvania 4: 253 (1919) wfo-0001397666
Prunus maritima var. lutea-magna Pennypacker Contr. Bot. Lab. Univ. Pennsylvania 4: 261 (1919) wfo-0001397667
Prunus maritima var. lutea-parva Pennypacker Contr. Bot. Lab. Univ. Pennsylvania 4: 263 (1919) wfo-0001397668
Prunus maritima var. purpurea-magna Pennypacker Contr. Bot. Lab. Univ. Pennsylvania 4: 255 (1919) wfo-0001397669
Prunus maritima var. purpurea-parva Pennypacker Contr. Bot. Lab. Univ. Pennsylvania 4: 257 (1919) wfo-0001397670
Prunus maritima var. rubra-magna Pennypacker Contr. Bot. Lab. Univ. Pennsylvania 4: 258 (1919) wfo-0001397671
Prunus maritima var. rubra-parva Pennypacker Contr. Bot. Lab. Univ. Pennsylvania 4: 260 (1919) wfo-0001397672
Prunus michauxii F.Dietr. Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 6: 581 (1820) wfo-1000059759
Padus maritima (Marshall) Raf. Herb. Raf. : 56 (1833) wfo-1000060565
Prunus maritima f. gravesii (Small) Klooster Rhodora 120: 199 (2018) wfo-1200002863
Prunus maritima var. fructuluteo Bean Trees & Shrubs Brit. Isles 2: 243 (1914) wfo-1200078362
Prunus pubescens unranked lancifolia Clavaud Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 8: 600 (1885) wfo-1200078563