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Prunus
L. (1753)
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Entity:
Pruneae (Tribe)
..Maddenia (Genus)
..Oemleria (Genus)
..Prinsepia (Genus)
..Prunus (Genus)
....Prunus amygdalo-persica (Species)
....Prunus amygdalus (Species)
....Prunus angustifolia (Species)
....Prunus armeniaca (Species) - apricot
....Prunus avium (Species)
....Prunus cerasifera (Species)
....Prunus cerasus (Species)
....Prunus cornuta (Species)
....Prunus domestica (Species)
....Prunus domestica subsp. insititia x P. spinosa (Subspecies)
....Prunus emarginata (Species)
....Prunus gongshanensis (Species)
....Prunus laurocerasus (Species)
....Prunus lusitanica (Species)
....Prunus mahaleb (Species)
....Prunus padus (Species)
....Prunus pendula (Species)
....Prunus persica (Species) - peach
....Prunus sargentii (Species) - Sargent cherry
....Prunus serotina (Species)
....Prunus serrulata (Species) - Japanese flowering cherry
....Prunus spinosa (Species)
....Prunus subg. Laurocerasus (Subgenus)
....Prunus subhirtella (Species) - Higan cherry
....Prunus tenella (Species)
....Prunus triloba (Species)
....Prunus umbellata (Species)
....Prunus virens (Species)
....Prunus yedoensis (Species) - Yoshino cherry
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1753
Original name
:
Linnaeus, C. 1753a.
Sp. Pl.
1
: 473.
Original rank
:
Original spelling
:
Types
Type of
:
Pruneae
(Tribe)
Type, by subsequent designation
:
Prunus domestica
L.
Ref:
Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. 1913. Ill. Fl. N. U.S. ed. 2. 2 : 322. [7 Jun 1913].
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Variants
Not validly published name
:
Prunus
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Synonyms
Including
:
Amygdalus
(Genus)
Tourn.
ex
L. (1753)
Ref:
D.J. Mabberley, 2017
: 43.
Including
:
Armeniaca
(Genus)
Scop.
Ref:
D.J. Mabberley, 2008
: 67.
Including
:
Cerasus
(Genus)
Mill.
Ref:
D.J. Mabberley, 2008
: 168.
Including
:
Laurocerasus
(Genus)
Hill
Ref:
D.J. Mabberley, 2008
: 471.
Including
:
Padus
(Genus)
Mill. (1754)
Ref:
D.J. Mabberley, 2008
: 620.
Including
:
Persica
(Genus)
J.P. de Tournefort
ex
Mill. (1754)
Including
:
Pygeum
(Genus)
Gaertn. (1788)
Ref:
D.J. Mabberley, 2008
: 720.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
prunus
Ref:
R. van der Meijden, 1990
: 216.
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