Prunus armeniaca L.

Kozhin, Mikhail & Sennikov, Alexander, 2022, New records in non-native vascular plants of Russian Lapland, Biodiversity Data Journal 10, pp. 78166-78166 : 78166

Prunus armeniaca L.

Prunus armeniaca L., Sp. Pl. 1: 474 (1753) - Armeniaca vulgaris Lam., Encycl. 1(1): 2 (1783).

Distribution

Native distribution

Central Asia, China.

Secondary distribution

Europe (temperate), Mediterranean, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Iran, Australia.

Distribution in neighbouring territories

Previously, this species was frequently found as casual (young seedlings) along railway tracks in Karelia ( Gusev 1971) and North-Western European Russia ( Tzvelev 2000; Sennikov, pers. obs.).

New record

Russia. Murmansk Region.

Apatity Railway Station, northern outskirts, on a railroad track, 30.07.1970, Yu. D. Gusev (LE01127282);

Kandalaksha District. Poyakonda Railway Station, along the railway track, 24.08.1993, A. Notov & D. Sokolov (MW 0384230).

Pathways of introduction

Transport - Contaminant: Food contaminant.

The species has repeatedly arrived to the territory through waste from human consumption.

Period of introduction

USSR, after the Second World War (1945-1991); Russia (after 1991).

The species has been introduced many times and in many places through human waste. Its recording period corresponds to the times of the high availability and popularity of dried apricots.

Invasion status

Strictly casual, ephemerous. Juvenile individuals have been observed.

Ecology

Semi-arid mountain forest.

Biology

Tree. Phanerophyte.

Notes

The specimen collected by Gusev in 1970 had not been taken into account in a timely manner and was not included in Gusev (1971) or any subsequent publication.