Rosaceae

C. microcarpa (C.A.Meyer) Boiss., Fl. Or. 2:646 (1872). Map 7, p. 15. Upright, spreading or prostrate shrub up to 3 m, unarmed or sometimes sub-
spinescent; twigs ± glabrous. Stipules subulate, persistent. Leaves orbicular or elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, on short shoots usually up to 20 mm, on long shoots up to 50 mm, glabrous to pubescent. Flowers 1-2; pedicels up to 15(-20) mm, hypanthium cylindrical, up to 5-6 mm; petals white to pinkish, 4-5 mm; ovary glabrous. Drupe ovoid or occasionally globose, black, red, orange or yellow; stone slightly keeled, smooth.
1. Leaves bilaterally glabrous or slightly pubescent beneath when young, apex usually rounded subsp. microcarpa
1. Leaves persistently and usually bilaterally pubescent, apex usually acute subsp. tortuosa
subsp. tortuosa (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Browicz in Arbor. K?rnickie 13:20 (1968). Syn: Cerasus tortuosa Boiss. & Hausskn. in Boiss., Fl. Or. 2:647 (1872); Prunus tortuosa (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Aitch. & Hemsl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London (Bot.) ser. 2(3):,61 (1888); Cerasus microcarpa (C.A.Meyer) Boiss. var. pubescens Bornm. in Öst. Bot. Zeitschr. 49:16 (1899) ; Prunus microcarpa C.A.Meyer var. pubescens (Bornm.) Meikle in Kew Bull. 19:230(1965). Ic: Schneider, I11. Handb.
Laubh. 1:602, 605, t. (1906). Fl. 3-4. Rocky limestone slopes, in Quercus scrub, 400-1800 m.
Syntypes: [Turkey] in Cappadocia ad Euphratem, Aucher 1486 (G !); [C6 Adiyaman] monte Ssoffdagh (Suf Da.), Haussknecht; [C7 Urfa] in montibus Gebel Taktak, supra Orfa (Urfa) (JE! K! LE! W!); [N.W. Iran] in montibus Avroman et Schahu Kurdistaniae Persicae, Haussknecht (G! JE! LE! W!).
S. & E. Anatolia.B7 Erzincan: Egin (Kemaliye), Ekrek De., Sint. 1890:1890 ! Elaziğ: 35 km E. of Elaziğ, 1100 m, M. Zohary 257 ! B8 Siirt: Silvan to Kurtalan, D. 22132! 39 Bitlis: Reşadiye to Kotum, D. 22374a! C6 Gaziantep: Aintab (Gaziantep), c. 900 m, Haradj. 832! Maraş: Ahir Da., above Maraş, 1100 m, D. 27473! C8 Mardin: Senar, Sint. 1888:923 ! Diyarbakir: c. 50 km from Diyarbakır to Mardin, 780 m, M. Zohary & Plitm. 1964-2! C9 Mardin: Kasrik Boğazi, 11 km from Cizre to ,Şirnak, 400 m, D. 42639 ! C10 Hakkari: Bacirge, 1700-1800 m, D. 44667 !
Distribution of species: S.W. & C. Asia east to Afghanistan and Transcaspia. Ir.-Tur. element.