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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Prunus

Hierarchical position of the Genus Prunus

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       Subfamilia  Prunoideae Horan. pub. Char. Ess. Fam.: 158. 1847. common name: almond, cherry, prune, plum       Tribus  Pruneae Benth. & Hook.f. pub. Gen. Pl. 1: 601, 602. 19 Oct 1865.       Genus  Prunus L. pub. (1753) common name: plum

Named members of the Genus Prunus

1	Species  alabamensis C. Mohr common name: Alabama cherry
2	Species  alleghaniensis Porter
	3    Varietas  alleghaniensis common name: Allegheny plum 4    Varietas  davisii (W. Wight) Sarg. common name: Davis' plum
5	Species  americana Marsh. common name: wild plum, file prune, wild cherry, American plum
	6    Varietas  lanata Sudsworth syn. Prunus mexicana 7    Varietas  nigra (Ait.) Waugh syn. Prunus nigra
8	Species  amygdalus Batsch syn. Prunus dulcis
9	Species  andersonii Gray common name: desert peach
10	Species  angustifolia Marsh.
	11    Varietas  angustifolia common name: Chickasaw plum 12    Varietas  varians W. Wight & Hedrick syn. Prunus angustifolia var. angustifolia 13    Varietas  watsonii (Sarg.) Waugh common name: Watson's plum
14	Species  armeniaca L. common name: apricot
15	Species  avium (L.) L. common name: sweet cherry
16	Species  besseyi Bailey syn. Prunus pumila var. besseyi
17	Species  caroliniana (P. Mill.) Ait. common name: Carolina laurel cherry
18	Species  cerasifera Ehrh. common name: cherry plum, myrobalan
19	Species  cerasus L. common name: sour cherry
20	Species  communis (L.) Arcang. syn. Prunus dulcis
21	Species  cuneata Raf. syn. Prunus pumila var. susquehanae
22	Species  demissa (Nutt.) Walp. syn. Prunus virginiana var. demissa common name: western choke cherry
23	Species  depressa Pursh syn. Prunus pumila var. depressa
24	Species  domestica L. common name: plum
	25    Varietas  domestica common name: European plum 26    Subspecies  insititia (L.) Schneid. syn. Prunus domestica var. insititia 27    Varietas  insititia (L.) Fiori & Paoletti common name: European plum
28	Species  dulcis (P. Mill.) D.A. Webber common name: sweet almond
29	Species  emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr. common name: bitter cherry
	30    Varietas  crenulata (Greene) Kearney & Peebles syn. Prunus emarginata var. emarginata 31    Varietas  emarginata common name: bitter cherry 32    Varietas  mollis (Dougl. ex Hook.) Brewer common name: bitter cherry
33	Species  fasciculata (Torr.) Gray
	34    Varietas  fasciculata common name: desert almond 35    Varietas  punctata Jepson common name: desert almond
36	Species  fremontii S. Wats. common name: desert apricot
37	Species  fruticosa Pallas common name: European dwarf cherry
38	Species  geniculata Harper common name: scrub plum
39	Species  glandulosa Thunb. common name: flowering almond
40	Species  gracilis Engelm. & Gray common name: Oklahoma plum
41	Species  gravesii Small syn. Prunus maritima var. gravesii
42	Species  havardii (W. Wight) S.C. Mason common name: Havard's plum
43	Species  hortulana Bailey
	44    Varietas  mineri Bailey syn. Prunus hortulana
45	Species  ilicifolia (Nutt. ex Hook. & Arn.) D. Dietr. common name: Islay, evergreen cherry, mountain holly
	46    Subspecies  ilicifolia common name: hollyleaf cherry 47    Subspecies  lyonii (Eastw.) Raven common name: hollyleaf cherry
48	Species  injuncunda Small syn. Prunus umbellata var. injuncunda
49	Species  insititia L. syn. Prunus domestica var. insititia
50	Species  japonica Thunb. ex Murray common name: Japanese bush cherry
51	Species  lanata (Sudsworth) Mackenzie & Bush syn. Prunus mexicana
52	Species  laurocerasus L. common name: cherry laurel
53	Species  lusitanica L. common name: Portugal laurel
54	Species  lyonii (Eastw.) Sarg. syn. Prunus ilicifolia ssp. lyonii
55	Species  mahaleb L. common name: Mahaleb cherry
56	Species  maritima Marsh. common name: beach plum
	57    Varietas  gravesii (Small) G.J. Anderson common name: Graves' plum 58    Varietas  maritima common name: beach plum
59	Species  melanocarpa (A. Nels.) Rydb. syn. Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa
60	Species  mexicana S. Wats.
	61    Varietas  flutonensis (Sarg.) Sarg. syn. Prunus mexicana 62    Varietas  polyandra (Sarg.) Sarg. syn. Prunus mexicana
63	Species  minutiflora Engelm. common name: Texas almond
64	Species  mitis Beadle syn. Prunus umbellata var. umbellata
65	Species  mume Siebold & Zucc. common name: Japanese apricot, ume  (Japanese), plum, wu mei  (Chinese), meboshi  (Japanese)
66	Species  munsoniana W. Wight & Hedrick common name: wild goose plum
67	Species  murrayana Palmer common name: Murray's plum
68	Species  myrtifolia (L.) Urban common name: West Indian cherry
69	Species  nigra Ait. common name: Canadian plum
70	Species  occidentalis Sw. common name: western cherry laurel
71	Species  padus L. common name: European bird cherry, hegg  (Norwegian)
72	Species  pensylvanica L. f.
	73    Subspecies  corymbulosa (Rydb.) W. Wight syn. Prunus pensylvanica var. saximontana 74    Varietas  mollis (Dougl.) Boivin syn. Prunus mexicana 75    Varietas  pensylvanica common name: pin cherry 76    Varietas  saximontana Rehd. common name: pin cherry
77	Species  persica (L.) Batsch common name: peach
	78    Varietas  nectarina (Aiton) Maxim. syn. Prunus persica var. nucipersica common name: nectarine    79    Varietas  nucipersica (Suckow) C. Schneider common name: nectarine    80    Varietas  persica common name: peach
81	Species  pleuradenia Griseb.
82	Species  pumila L.
	83    Subspecies  besseyi (Bailey) Nizhnikev syn. Prunus pumila var. besseyi 84    Varietas  besseyi (Bailey) Gleason common name: western sandcherry 85    Varietas  cuneata (Raf.) Bailey syn. Prunus pumila var. susquehanae 86    Varietas  depressa (Pursh) Gleason common name: eastern sandcherry 87    Varietas  pumila common name: Great Lakes sandcherry 88    Varietas  susquehanae (hort. ex Willd.) Jaeger common name: Sesquehana sandcherry
89	Species  reverchonii Sarg. syn. Prunus rivularis
90	Species  rivularis Scheele common name: creek plum
91	Species  salicina Lindley common name: Japanese plum
92	Species  serotina Ehrh. common name: wild black cherry
	93    Varietas  alabamensis (C. Mohr) Little syn. Prunus alabamensis 94    Subspecies  eximia (Small) McVaugh syn. Prunus serotina var. eximia 95    Varietas  eximia (Small) Little common name: black cherry 96    Subspecies  hirsuta (Ell.) McVaugh syn. Prunus alabamensis 97    Varietas  rufula (Woot. & Standl.) McVaugh common name: black cherry 98    Varietas  serotina common name: black cherry 99    Varietas  virens (Woot. & Standl.) McVaugh common name: black cherry
100	Species  serrulata Lindl. common name: Japanese flowering cherry
101	Species  spinosa L. common name: blackthorn, slapetorn  (Norwegian)
102	Species  subcordata Benth.
	103    Varietas  kelloggii J.G. Lemmon common name: Kellogg's Klamath plum 104    Varietas  oregana (Greene) W. Wight ex M.E. Peck common name: Oregon Klamath plum 105    Varietas  rubicunda Jepson common name: Klamath plum 106    Varietas  subcordata common name: Klamath plum
107	Species  subhirtella Miq.
108	Species  susquehanae hort. ex Willd. syn. Prunus pumila var. susquehanae
109	Species  tenella Batsch common name: prunus
110	Species  texana F.G. Dietr. common name: peachbush
111	Species  tomentosa Thunb. common name: Nanking cherry
112	Species  triflora Roxb. syn. Prunus salicina
113	Species  triloba Lindl. common name: flowering plum
114	Species  umbellata Ell.
	115    Varietas  injuncunda (Small) Sarg. common name: hog plum 116    Varietas  tarda (Sarg.) W. Wight syn. Prunus umbellata var. umbellata 117    Varietas  umbellata common name: hog plum
118	Species  virens (Woot. & Standl.) Shreve
	119    Varietas  rufula (Woot. & Standl.) Sarg. syn. Prunus serotina var. rufula
120	Species  virginiana L. common name: chokecherry
	121    Subspecies  demissa (Nutt.) Taylor & MacBryde syn. Prunus virginiana var. demissa 122    Varietas  demissa (Nutt.) Torr. common name: western chokecherry 123    Subspecies  melanocarpa (A. Nels.) Taylor & MacBryde syn. Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa 124    Varietas  melanocarpa (A. Nels.) Sarg. common name: black chokecherry 125    Varietas  virginiana common name: chokecherry
126	Species  x domestica L.
	127    Varietas  insititia (L.) Boivin (pro nm.) syn. Prunus domestica var. insititia
128	Species  x orthosepala Koehne (pro sp.)
129	Species  x palmeri Sarg. (pro sp.)
130	Species  x slavinii Palmer ex Rehd.

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