Prunus subg. Cerasus

Prunus subg. Cerasus is a subgenus of Prunus. Species of the subgenus have a single winter bud per axil.[1][note 1] The flowers are usually in small corymbs or umbels of several together (occasionally solitary, e.g. P. serrula), but some species have racemose flowers (e.g. P. maacki). The fruit is a drupe and has no obvious groove along the side.[1] The subgenus is native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with two species in North America, four in Europe, two in North Africa, and the remainder in Asia.

This article is about a subgenus of Prunus. For the fruit, see cherry.

True cherries
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Subgenus: Prunus subg. Cerasus
(Mill.) A.Gray, 1856
Species

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The fresh fruits of sweet cherry (worldwide) and Chinese cherry (in China) are consumed raw. The fruits of some species such as sour cherry are used to make desserts, sauce, jam and wine. The seeds of mahaleb cherry are used to make mahleb. Many species are cultivated as an ornamental tree, known as cherry blossoms.

Species

Species of Prunus subg. Cerasus are known as true cherries,[2] which include:

Nothospecies in this subgenus include:

  • Prunus × chichibuensis H.Kubota & Moriya – Chichibu cherry
  • Prunus × compta (Koidz.) Tatew.
  • Prunus × dawyckensis Sealy
  • Prunus × eminens Beck
  • Prunus × fontanesiana (Spach) C.K.Schneid.
  • Prunus × furuseana Ohwi
  • Prunus × gondouinii (Poit. & Turpin) Rehder
  • Prunus × hisauchiana Koidz. ex Hisauti
  • Prunus × incam Ingram ex R.T.Olsen & Whittem.
  • Prunus × javorkae Kárpáti
  • Prunus × juddii E.S.Anderson
  • Prunus × kanzakura Makino
  • Prunus × kubotana Kawas.
  • Prunus × lannesiana (Carrière) E.H.Wilson
  • Prunus × mitsuminensis Moriya
  • Prunus × miyasakana H.Kubota
  • Prunus × mohacsyana Kárpáti
  • Prunus × nudiflora (Koehne) Koidz.
  • Prunus × oneyamensis Hayashi
  • Prunus × parvifolia (Matsum.) Koehne – small-leaved cherry
  • Prunus × sacra Miyoshi
  • Prunus × schmittii Rehder
  • Prunus × sieboldii (Carrière) Wittm.
  • Prunus × stacei Wójcicki
  • Prunus × subhirtella Miq. – Higan cherry or spring cherry
  • Prunus × syodoi Nakai
  • Prunus × tschonoskii Koehne
  • Prunus × yedoensis Matsum. – Yoshino cherry or Tokyo cherry
  • Prunus × yuyamae Sugim.

Many Prunus species are called "cherries" but not included in this subgenus. They are not considered true cherries.[2] Examples are:

Notes
  1. The species originally included in this subgenus with three axillary winter buds have been moved into the subgenus Prunus.[2]

References
  1. "Cerasus in Flora of China". eFloras.org. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  2. Shi, Shuo; Li, Jinlu; Sun, Jiahui; Yu, Jing; Zhou, Shiliang (2013). "Phylogeny and Classification of Prunus sensu lato (Rosaceae)". Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 55 (11): 1069–1079. doi:10.1111/jipb.12095. ISSN 1744-7909.
  3. Wen, Jun; Berggren, Scott T.; Lee, Chung-Hee; Ickert-Bond, Stefanie; Yi, Ting-Shuang; Yoo, Ki-Oug; Xie, Lei; Shaw, Joey; Potter, Dan (2008-04-25). "Phylogenetic inferences in Prunus (Rosaceae) using chloroplast ndhF and nuclear ribosomal ITS sequences". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 46 (3): 322–332. doi:10.3724/SP.J.1002.2008.08065. ISSN 1674-4918.
  4. Zhao, Liang; Potter, Daniel; Xu, Yuan; Liu, Pei-Liang; Johnson, Gabriel; Chang, Zhao-Yang; Wen, Jun (2018). "Phylogeny and spatio-temporal diversification of Prunus subgenus Laurocerasus section Mesopygeum (Rosaceae) in the Malesian region". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 56 (6): 637–651. doi:10.1111/jse.12467. ISSN 1759-6831.
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