Prunus webbii

{{Short description|Species of plant}} {{Speciesbox |image = |image_caption = |parent = Prunus subg. Prunus |taxon = Prunus webbii |authority = (Spach) Fritsch |synonyms = *''Amygdalus webbii'' Spach *''Amygdalus salicifolia'' Boiss. & Balansa *''Amygdalus webbii'' var. ''salicifolia'' (Boiss. & Bal.) Boiss. }}

'''''Prunus webbii''''' is a species of ''Prunus'' found growing around the Mediterranean Sea, from the Iberian peninsula through Sicily, Greece, Crete and the Aegean Islands, the Balkans and Anatolia, and possibly as far as Iraq or Iran. It is also found in certain areas of Northern Africa. A dense spiny shrub or small tree with extremely bitter seeds, it is thought to have contributed with some genes to the domesticated almond ''Prunus dulcis'', although the extent of the contribution is debated and not yet fully understood.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fernández i Martí |first1=Angel |last2=Font i Forcada |first2=Carolina |last3=Kamali |first3=Kazem |last4=Rubio-Cabetas |first4=María J. |last5=Wirthensohn |first5=Michelle |last6=Socias i Company |first6=Rafel |date=27 July 2014 |title=Molecular analyses of evolution and population structure in a worldwide almond [''Prunus dulcis'' (Mill.) D.A. Webb syn. ''P. amygdalus'' Batsch] pool assessed by microsatellite markers |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267867201 |journal=Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution |volume=62 |issue=2 |pages=205–219 |doi=10.1007/s10722-014-0146-x |s2cid=18371468 |access-date=15 September 2018}}</ref>

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webbii Category:Flora of Southeastern Europe Category:Flora of Western Asia Category:Taxa named by Karl Fritsch