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King cherry (Cerasus × nudiflora, 왕벚 wangbeoj, 왕벚나무 wangbeojnamu or 왕벚꽃 wangbeojkkoch) is a Korean native cherry tree originated from Jeju Island. It is a distinct species from Japanese native Yoshino cherry. King cherry is a rare plant and listed as an endangered species. As of April 2017, 194 King cherry trees were growing around Mt. Halla in Jeju Island. According to Gen-ichi Koidzumi, King cherry is erroneously believed to be discovered by a French missionary Emile Taquet although what he discovered was a different species. There have been disputes over the origin of king cherry and Yoshino cherry. In 2007, a study conducted on the comparison of king cherry and Yoshino cherry concluded that these trees were categorized as distinct species. However, South Korean media assert that King cherry is the same species as Yoshino cherry. In Korea most of the places for cherry blossom festivals, including Yeouido and Jinhae, are still planted with Japanese Yoshino cherry trees.

nudiflora cherry tree rare plant

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  2. Wilson, E. H. (1916). "The Cherries of Japan". Publications of the Arnold Arboretum (Harvard University Press) (7): 16. http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015062295798;view=1up;seq=5. "To me P. yedoensis Matsumura strongly suggests a hybrid between P. subhirtella, var. ascendens Wilson and the wild form of P. Lannesiana Wilson. It has many characters of the latter and in its venation, pubescence and shape of the cupula resembles the former.". 
  3. Masamune, Genkei; Suzuki, Shigeyoshi (1936). "日本產サクラ屬の學名に就いて". 台北農林学会報 [Journal of Taihoku society of Agriculture and Forestry] (Taihoku society of Agriculture and Forestry) 1 (3): 316–318. http://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/1512447?itemId=info%3Andljp%2Fpid%2F1512447&tocOpened=1&__lang=en. "Prunus × yedoensis (Matsum.) Masam. & Suzuki". 
  4. Katsuki, Toshio (December 2016). "Nomenclature of Tokyo cherry (Cerasus × yedoensis 'Somei-yoshino', Rosaceae) and allied interspecific hybrids based on recent advances in population genetics". Taxon (International Association for Plant Taxonomy) 65 (6): 1415–1419. doi:10.12705/656.13. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/iapt/tax/2016/00000065/00000006/art00013. 
  5. An, Byeong-gyu (April 2, 2007). "진해군항제에 부치는 벚꽃 단상". Gyeongnam Sinmun. http://www.knnews.co.kr/news/articleView.php?idxno=623594. "제주도 왕벚꽃이란 이름도 오래된 것은 아니다. 육지학자들이 현지 답사에 나선 1963년도에 처음으로 지은 것이라 한다. 그때까지는 `털벚나무'나 `사쿠라'로 표기하고 있다. [The name “King cherry” is also not old. It was named in 1963 for the first time when scholars conducted a field survey. Until then, it was called as “Hair cherry” or “Sakura”.]" 
  6. Mun Man-yong (September 2015). "소메이요시노, 왕벚나무, 벚꽃놀이 - 역사ㆍ문화와 과학의 관계 맺기 - [Yoshino cherry, King cherry, Cherry blossom viewing - Establishing the relationship between history/culture and science -"]. Comparative Japanology. 34. http://gcjs.hanyang.ac.kr/file/download?file_name=160401_204844_board.pdf&orig_name=%EB%B9%84%EA%B5%90%EC%9D%BC%EB%B3%B8%ED%95%99+34%EC%A7%91.pdf&path=board&mid=87&usg=AFQjCNF546rdIiZ0orr2Lw09YWXjqw-aBg&sig2=gDTsknl9sMJvYUh-a0B2qw. "당시까지 왕벚나무라는 우리말 이름은 없었고, 사쿠라나무, 털벚나무 등으로 불렸다. 도봉섭, 「조선산식물의 분류 (中)」, 「동아일보」 1936. 4. 21. [Until then, there was no Korean name for King cherry, and it was called sakuranamu (sakura tree), teolbeojnamu (hairly cherry tree), and so on. Do Bong-seop, "Classification of Korean Plant (Second)", "Dong-A Ilbo" 1936. 4. 21]". 
  7. Park, Man-Kyu (1965). "한국 왕벚나무의 조사연구사" (in Korean). Journal of Plant Biology 8 (3): 12–15. http://kiss.kstudy.com/journal/thesis_name.asp?tname=kiss2002&key=242129. 
  8. "[한라칼럼왕벚나무의 선각자들"]. Halla Ilbo. April 13, 2011. http://www.ihalla.com/read.php3?aid=1302620400359923099. 
  9. Koidzumi, Gen-ichi (June 1932). "雑録 – 染井吉野桜の天生地分明かす" (in Japanese). 植物分類・地理 [Acta phytotaxonomica et geobotanica] (植物分類地理學會 [The Japanese Society for Plant Systematics]) 1 (2): 177–179. http://jboli.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~jsps/pdf/1(2)/110003760559.pdf. "...此時以來ソメヰヨシノザクラは濟州島に自生すと誤り傳へられ,... ... されば現今ソメヰヨシノザクラの原産地は濟州島なり。...". 
  10. Han, Chang-yeol (1965). "한라산 자생 왕벚 및 추정양친에 관한 연구 (II)" (in Korean). Korea Journal of Botany 8 (1): 11–18. http://www.lafent.com/lea/lea.php?id=10240&page=1024&&search=&Sear_Type=&sear_and1=&sear_and2=&sear_and3=&sear_and4=&sear_dl1=&sear_dl2=&sear_dl3=&sear_dl4=&sear_text1=&sear_text2=&sear_text3=&sear_text4=&sear_sdate=&sear_edate=&sear_lec=&lec_list=&dp_max=&dp_order=%20order%20by%20id%20DESC. "Wild cherry trees which grow wild in Mt. Halla and whose blooming season is April are mostly P. subhirtella var. pendula form. ascendens and P. donarium P. yedoensis is rare in number, around 10 individuals, having been found in a half century.". 
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  13. Takenaka, Yo (1963). "The Origin of the Yoshino cherry tree". Journal of Heredity 54 (5): 207-211. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a107250. http://www2.odn.ne.jp/had26900/topics_&_items2/takenaka5.htm. "I visited the (Quelpart) island in 1933 and observed that the tree, which was growing wild, showed differences from P. yedoensis; the hairs on calyx lobes and on the lower side of leaves were less numerous, and the peduncles were shorter. I concluded that it could not be P. yedoensis. I assumed that it might be a hybrid between P. subhirtella var. pendula form ascendens (Edo higan) and Prunus quelpaertensis (Tanna-yamazakura; perhaps a form of P. verecunda) or some other cherry species". 
  14. Jung, Yong-hwan (December 2001). "Molecular Phylogeny of the Genus Prunus in Korea and Japan Inferred from Nuclear Ribosomal and Chloroplast DNA Sequences". Department of Biology Graduate School, Cheju National University. ftp://203.253.194.33/chu_cab/Book/002/342066/127526_115475.pdf. A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
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  19. Jung, Yong-Hwan (December 2005). "Phylogenetic Relationships of Prunus(Rosaceae)in Korea and Japan Inferred from Chloroplast DNA Sequences". Korean Journal of Genetics (The Genetics Society of Korea) 27 (4): 279–288. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287447710_Phylogenetic_relationships_of_Prunus_Rosaceae_in_Korea_and_Japan_inferred_from_chloroplast_DNA_sequences2. "The two natives of P. yedoensis from Jeju, Korea were clearly distinguished from the cultivars as suggested in previous reports.". 
  20. Jung, Yong-Hwan (June 1998). "Genetic relationship of Prunus yedoensis, native and cultivar, based on internal transcribed spacer sequences of ribosomal DNA". Korean Journal of Genetics 20 =issue=2: 109–116. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287832600_Genetic_relationship_of_Prunus_yedoensis_native_and_cultivar_based_on_internal_transcribed_spacer_sequences_of_ribosomal_DNA. "The idea that P. yedoensis Matsumura-Native would be different from the P. yedoensis Matsumura-Cultivar would be strongly substantiated from the similar results obtained in this studies with those of previous studies.". 
  21. Jung, Yong-Hwan (September 2002). "Phylogenetic Analysis of Korean Prunus ( Rosaceae ) Based on ITS Sequences of Nuclear Ribosomal DNA". Gene & Genomics(former Korean Journal of Genetics 구 한국유전학회지) (The Genetics Society of Korea) 24 (3): 247–258. http://www.papersearch.net/view/detail.asp?detail_key=09001357. "A remarkable result is that the P. yedoensis wilds from Jeju ended up far from the P. yedoensis cultivars, as was proposed in a previous study based on random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD).". 
  22. Roh, M.S.; Cheong, E.J.; Choi, I-Y.; Young, Y.H. (2007). "Characterization of wild Prunus yedoensis analyzed by inter-simple sequence repeat and chloroplast DNA.". Scientia Horticulturae 114 (2): 121–128. doi:10.1016/j.scienta.2007.06.005. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6TC3-4P7FHTX-1&_user=994540&_coverDate=10%2F02%2F2007&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=gateway&_origin=gateway&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1725580338&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050024&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=994540&md5=d453bd60abbb619b5bcfeabbc7957be1&searchtype=a. Retrieved 2011-04-19. 
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  24. Cho, Myong-suk (2016). "The origin of flowering cherry on oceanic islands: The saga continues in Jeju Island.". Botany (Botanical Society of America). http://2016.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=71. 
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