Prunus avium, commonly called wild cherry, sweet cherry or gean is a species of cherry, a flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is native to...
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Cherry (category Prunus)
genus Prunus, and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit). Commercial cherries are obtained from cultivars of several species, such as the sweet Prunus avium and...
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cherry. Prunus cerasus, a tetraploid with 2n=32 chromosomes, is thought to have originated as a natural hybrid between Prunus avium and Prunus fruticosa...
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to include the species of modern Prunus—Amygdalus, Cerasus, Prunus, and Padus—but simplified it to Amygdalus and Prunus in 1758. Since then, the various...
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Species of Prunus subg. Cerasus are known as true cherries, which include: Prunus apetala (Siebold & Zucc.) Franch. & Sav. – clove cherry Prunus avium (L.)...
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species): Prunus serrulata f. albida (syn. Prunus speciosa). Japan. Prunus serrulata var. spontanea or Prunus serrulata f. spontanea (syn. Prunus jamasakura)...
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characters". It hybridizes naturally with Prunus cerasus to form Prunus × eminens, and with Prunus avium to form Prunus × stacei. These forest plants are brought...
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Prunus emarginata, the bitter cherry or Oregon cherry, is a species of Prunus native to western North America, from British Columbia south to Baja California...
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Bing is a cultivar of the wild or sweet cherry (Prunus avium) that originated in the Pacific Northwest, in Milwaukie, Oregon, United States. The Bing remains...
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are two varieties: European bird cherry Prunus padus var. padus, Europe and western Asia. Asian bird cherry Prunus padus var. commutata, eastern Asia. The...
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