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(First upload on April 22 2012. Last on May 14 2021) [ 日本語 | English ]

Prunus L. (サクラ) Someiyoshino (ソメイヨシノ, 染井吉野), Yoshino cherry Lifeform: deciduous tree < 15 m high Short-lived ≈ 60 years (uncertain), due partly to low tolerance to fungal infection - giant tree (巨木) Utilization/Habitat: gardening, most popular for cherry blossom appreciation in Honshu → gene pollution

Chromosome number: 2n = 16 Putative parental species → completely vegetative (probably produced in the middle of Edo Era) → distributed widely after Meiji Era Prunus pendula Maxim. f. ascendens (Makino) Ohwi Prunus speciosa (Koidz.) Nakai (オオシマザクラ) Synonyms Cerasus × yedoensis (Matsum.) A. V. Vassil.

Prunus × yedoensis in Asia

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[1-3] in the campus of Wuhan University (武漢大学), Hubei Province (湖北省), China, on March 28 2012. The most of them were transplanted by the army of Japan in 1938, and for the anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China in 1972. [4-6] near Shinkawa Bridge along Shinkawa River, North Ward, Sapporo, on May 1 2021.

Cherry blossom front (桜前線)

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Flowering: early spring before leaf flushing ⇒ The prediction of cherry blossom date is so important for Japanese, to enjoy therry-viewing parties. specimen trees for observing plant phenoloyg (植物季節観測用標本) P. sargentii is the most popular in Hokkaido HUSTEP: Plants and Plant communities in Japan (flora list) Bark (樹皮) Disease: weak to fungus attack (Taphrina wiesneri, etc.) Equation for predicting the date of cherry blossom y = 8.88 + 5.726(φ - 35°) - 0.162(λ - 135°) + 1.606h y: flowering date of cherry (1st March = 1) φ = latitude, λ = longitude, h = a.s.l. (m)/100

Determinants φ and h → related with temperature + Local difference ⇒ Recently, this equation can not win. Why?