This article is about the trees and their fruit. For other uses, see Apricot (disambiguation).
Apricot
Apricot and its cross-section
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Rosales
Family:
Rosaceae
Genus:
Prunus
Subgenus:
Prunus subg. Prunus
Section:
Prunus sect. Armeniaca (Scop.) Koch
Type species
Prunus armeniaca L.
Species
See text.
An apricot (US: /ˈæprɪkɒt/ⓘ, UK: /ˈeɪprɪkɒt/ⓘ) is a fruit, or the tree that bears the fruit, of several species in the genus Prunus.
Usually an apricot is from the species P. armeniaca, but the fruits of the other species in Prunus sect. Armeniaca are also called apricots.[1]
^Shi, Shuo; Li, Jinlu; Sun, Jiahui; Yu, Jing; Zhou, Shiliang (2013). "Phylogeny and classification of Prunus sensu lato (Rosaceae)". Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 55 (11): 1069–1079. doi:10.1111/jipb.12095. ISSN 1744-7909. PMID 23945216. Archived from the original on 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
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