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Prunus mume (P. mume Sieb. et Zucc., 2n = 2x = 16) is a popular ornamental plant widely cultivated in East Asia, where it was domesticated over 3000 years ago. As an important member of the genus Prunus, it plays a pivotal role in phylogenetic studies of the Rosaceae family. To understand the origin of P. mume, it is important to know how the proto-species of P. mume did form and where it has its origin. Specimens of wild P. mume have been discovered in Yunnan Sichuan, Hubei, Guizhou and Tibet, China.
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Gao, Z., Luo, W. (2019). Origin and Evolution of Prunus mume. In: Gao, Z. (eds) The Prunus mume Genome. Compendium of Plant Genomes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10797-0_2
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