Prunus sect. Prunocerasus

Short description: Group of trees

Prunus sect. Prunocerasus

Prunus nigra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Rosales
Family:  | Rosaceae
Genus:  | Prunus
Subgenus:  | Prunus subg. Prunus
Section:  | Prunus sect. Prunocerasus
Koehne
Species

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Prunus sect. Prunocerasus (meaning plum-cherry) is a section of the genus Prunus. Koehne originally described it as comprising the North American plums and placed it in the subgenus Cerasus.[1] The section is now generally recognized as belonging to Prunus subg. Prunus.[2]

Species attributed to this section include:

* P. alleghaniensis Porter
* P. americana Marshall
* P. angustifolia Marshall
* P. geniculata R.M.Harper
* P. gracilis Engelm. & A.Gray
* P. hortulana L.H.Bailey
* P. maritima Marshall
* P. mexicana S.Watson
* P. munsoniana Wight & Hedrick
* P. murrayana E.J.Palmer
* P. nigra Aiton
* P. × orthosepala Koehne
* P. × palmeri Sarg.
* P. rivularis Scheele
* P. × slavinii Palmer ex Rehder
* P. subcordata Benth.
* P. texana D.Dietr.
* P. umbellata Elliott[3]

## References

1. ↑ Koehne, 1893 Deutsche dendrologie pp 302, 305, 310-313. Stuttgart: Verlag von Ferdinand Enke. 1893
2. ↑ Shaw, J.; Small, R.L. (2005). "Chloroplast DNA phylogeny and phylogeography of the North American Plums (Prunus subgenus Prunus section Prunocerasus, Rosaceae)". Am. J. Bot. 92 (12): 2011–30. doi:10.3732/ajb.92.12.2011.
3. ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Prunus sect. Prunocerasus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?20148. Retrieved 2013-01-31.

## External links

Data related to Prunus sect. Prunocerasus at Wikispecies

Wikidata ☰ Q7253111 entry

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