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Hierarchical position of the Genus Cerasus

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Rosidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Rosanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Rosales Perleb pub. 1826       Subordo  Rosineae Rchb. pub. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: lxvi. Jul 1841.       Familia  Rosaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 334. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons. common name: Roses       Tribus  Ceraseae Rchb. pub. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 2(2): 642. 1832.    Genus  Cerasus Mill. pub. (1754)

Named members of the Genus Cerasus

1	Species  avium (L.) Moench syn. Prunus avium
2	Species  fruticosa (Pallas) Pallas syn. Prunus fruticosa
3	Species  laurocerasus (L.) Loisel. syn. Prunus laurocerasus
4	Species  mahaleb (L.) Miller syn. Prunus mahaleb
5	Species  pensylvanica (L. f.) Loisel. syn. Prunus pensylvanica var. pensylvanica
6	Species  pumila (L.) Michx.
	7    Subspecies  besseyi (Bailey) W.A. Weber syn. Prunus pumila var. besseyi
8	Species  tomentosa (Thunb.) Wall. syn. Prunus tomentosa

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.