ROSE-RELATED FRUITS - Cherries, raspberries, strawberries, peaches, plums and nectarines
Cherry
Prunus avium (L.) L. (Rosaceae).
Given its scientific name, meaning bird cherry, by Carolus Linnaeus in 1755; Linnaeus originally described the sweet cherry as a variety of the sour cherry, Prunus cerasus L.
Native to Europe and North Africa.
Life form: long-lived tree.
Parts used: edible fruit.
Ploidy level:
diploid.
Raspberry
Rubus idaeus L. (Rosaceae).
Given its scientific name by Carolus Linnaeus in 1753, the raspberry had many variations that he recognized.
Life form:
perennial woody vine.
Parts used: edible fruit.
Ploidy level:
diploid, many
apomictic clonal forms.
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