Prinsepia

Prinsepia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Prunoideae or Spiraeoideae [1]
Genus: Prinsepia
Royle
Species

P. sinensis Oliv. ex Bean
P. uniflora Batalin
P. utilis Royle

Prinsepia is a genus of trees in the Rosaceae. It bears fruit which looks like a cherry. The plant grows largely in India, China, Bangladesh, and Taiwan,[2] yet P. sinensis is hardy in zone 4, to about -32*C.[3].

The plant is named for James Prinsep, scholar, antiquarian, architect, secretary of the Asiatic Society in Calcutta, India, and member of the well-known Prinsep family of India, an Anglo-Indian family prominent in Indian affairs for several generations.

References

  1. ^ Potter, D.; Eriksson, T.; Evans, R.C.; Oh, S.H.; Smedmark, J.E.E.; Morgan, D.R.; Kerr, M.; Robertson, K.R.; Arsenault, M.P.; Dickinson, T.A.; Campbell, C.S. (2007). Phylogeny and classification of Rosaceae. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 266(1–2): 5–43.
  2. ^ The Forest Flora of North-west and Central India, John Lindsay Stewart, Dietrich Brandis, William H. Allen & Co., London, 1874
  3. ^ Plants for a Future Database entry for P. sinensis