Prunus amygdalus merupakan tumbuhan berbentuk pohon dari famili Rosaceae (suku mawar-mawaran). Tumbuhan ini berasal dari bioma beriklim sedang dan merupakan hasil kultivasi dari Transkaukasia. Nama ilmiah Prunus amygdalus pertama kali dipublikasikan oleh botanis August Johann Georg Karl Batsch pada tahun 1801.
Amygdalus amara Duhamel Amygdalus amygdalina Oken ex M.Roem. Amygdalus cochinchinensis Lour. Amygdalus communis f. acuta Magyar Amygdalus communis f. albaplena Zabel Amygdalus communis f. angustifolia (H.Jaeger) Zabel Amygdalus communis f. cristata Magyar Amygdalus communis f. lanceolata Magyar Amygdalus communis f. ostraeiformis Magyar Amygdalus communis f. ovata Magyar Amygdalus communis f. pendula (H.Jaeger) Zabel Amygdalus communis f. platycarpa Magyar Amygdalus communis f. purpurea Zabel Amygdalus communis f. roseaplena Zabel Amygdalus communis f. rotundata Magyar Amygdalus communis f. salicifolia K.Koch Amygdalus communis f. variegata Zabel Amygdalus communis lanceifolia K.Koch Amygdalus communis subvar. amara (Duhamel) Rouy & E.G.Camus Amygdalus communis subvar. dulcis (Mill.) Rouy & E.G.Camus Amygdalus communis subvar. macrocarpa (Ser.) Rouy & E.G.Camus Amygdalus communis var. amara (Duhamel) Willd. Amygdalus communis var. angustifolia H.Jaeger Amygdalus communis var. cordiformis Risso Amygdalus communis var. dulcis (Mill.) Borkh. Amygdalus communis var. elongata Risso Amygdalus communis var. fragilima Ficalho & Cout. Amygdalus communis var. fragilis Ser. Amygdalus communis var. fragilis Pers. Amygdalus communis var. glabra Popov
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