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Prunus virginiana var. demissa (Nutt.) Torr.

This variety name was first published in U.S. Expl. Exped. 17(2): 284 (1874)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this variety 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-0001013945.

Synonyms of Prunus virginiana var. demissa (Nutt.) Torr.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cerasus demissa Nutt. Fl. N. Amer. 1: 411 (1840) wfo-0000986537
Padus demissa (Nutt.) M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 87 (1847) wfo-0000988182
Padus valida Wooton & Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 134 (1913) wfo-0000992081
Padus pumicea Wooton & Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 133 (1913) wfo-0000995724
Padus calophylla Wooton & Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 134 (1913) wfo-0000995725
Padus mescaleria Wooton & Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 134 (1913) wfo-0000995726
Prunus valida (Wooton & Standl.) Rydb. Fl. Rocky Mts. : 451 (1917) wfo-0000996080
Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa (A.Nelson) Sarg. J. Arnold Arbor. 2: 117 (1920) wfo-0001013950
Prunus demissa (Nutt.) D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 3: 43 (1842) wfo-0001014186
Prunus virginiana subsp. demissa (Nutt.) R.L.Taylor & MacBryde Canad. J. Bot. 56: 189 (1978) wfo-0001014188
Padus melanocarpa (A.Nelson) Shafer N. Amer. Trees : 504 (1908) wfo-0001014193
Prunus virginiana subsp. melanocarpa (A.Nelson) R.L.Taylor & MacBryde Canad. J. Bot. 56: 189 (1978) wfo-0001014207
Prunus melanocarpa (A.Nelson) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 143 (1906) wfo-0001014208
Prunus demissa f. angusta Koehne Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 20: 235 (1911) wfo-0001324935
Prunus demissa f. leiodisca Koehne Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 20: 234 (1911) wfo-0001324936
Prunus demissa f. microdonta Koehne Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 20: 235 (1911) wfo-0001324937
Prunus demissa f. trichodisca Koehne Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 20: 235 (1911) wfo-0001324938
Prunus demissa f. hemitricha Koehne Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 20: 236 (1911) wfo-0001324939
Prunus demissa f. holotricha Koehne Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 20: 236 (1911) wfo-0001324940
Prunus demissa f. howellii Koehne Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 20: 236 (1911) wfo-0001324941
Prunus demissa f. rydbergii Koehne Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 20: 236 (1911) wfo-0001324942
Prunus demissa f. pachyrrhachis Koehne Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 20: 236 (1911) wfo-0001324992
Padus virginiana var. demissa (Nutt.) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 642 (1906) wfo-0001375589
Padus virginiana var. melanocarpa (A.Nelson) Moldenke Phytologia 3: 420 (1951) wfo-0001375590
Prunus virginiana var. pumicea (Wooton & Standl.) E.J.Palmer J. Arnold Arbor. 10: 37 (1929) wfo-0001376943
Prunus demissa var. nuttallii Koehne Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 20: 235 (1911) wfo-0001396292
Prunus virginiana f. pachyrrhachis (Koehne) Sarg. J. Arnold Arbor. 2: 116 (1920) wfo-0001403244
Padus virginiana subsp. melanocarpa (A.Nelson) W.A.Weber Phytologia 51: 374 (1982) wfo-0001405694
Cerasus demissa var. melanocarpa A.Nelson Bot. Gaz. 34: 25 (1902) wfo-0001410031
Prunus demissa var. melanocarpa (A.Nelson) Koehne Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 20: 231 (1911) wfo-1200092841