Prunus simonii, called apricot plum and Simon plum, is a tree in the genus Prunus. It was first described by Elie-Abel Carrière in 1872 and is native to Hebei province, China.[1]
The species is not known in a truly wild state.[2]
It has been important for breeding commercial plum cultivars from crosses with other species of the genus Prunus.[3][4]
The species is named for Gabriel Eugène Simon (1829–1896), a French botanist and diplomat who sent pits to the Paris Museum in the early 1860s while he was representing the French government in China.[5][6][7][8]
Beginning about 1881, the species became commonly known in the United States; having been introduced there from France.[5]
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^Baltet, Charles (1895). L'horticulture dans les cinq parties du monde. Paris: Société nationale d'horticulture, p. 406.
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