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Prunus  L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 24762

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): chokecherry
 
    plum
 
    prunus
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown    
  Latest Record Review: 1999    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  -- Planta, plantes, plants, Vegetal  
    SubkingdomTracheobionta  -- vascular plants  
       DivisionMagnoliophyta  -- angiospermes, angiosperms, flowering plants, phanérogames, plantes à fleurs, plantes à fruits  
          ClassMagnoliopsida  -- dicots, dicotylédones, dicotyledons  
             SubclassRosidae   
                OrderRosales   
                   FamilyRosaceae  -- roses  
                      GenusPrunus L. -- chokecherry, plum, prunus  
    Direct Children:  
                         Subspecies Prunus domestica ssp. domestica L. -- garden plum 
                         Species Prunus alabamensis C. Mohr -- Alabama cherry 
                         Species Prunus alleghaniensis Porter -- Allegheny plum 
                         Species Prunus americana Marsh. -- American plum 
                         Species Prunus andersonii Gray -- Anderson's peachbrush, desert peach 
                         Species Prunus angustifolia Marsh. -- Chickasaw plum 
                         Species Prunus armeniaca L. -- apricot 
                         Species Prunus avium (L.) L. -- sweet cherry 
                         Species Prunus caroliniana (P. Mill.) Ait. -- Carolina laurelcherry 
                         Species Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. -- cherry plum 
                         Species Prunus cerasus L. -- sour cherry 
                         Species Prunus domestica L. -- European plum 
                         Species Prunus dulcis (P. Mill.) D.A. Webber -- sweet almond 
                         Species Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr. -- bitter cherry, bittercherry 
                         Species Prunus fasciculata (Torr.) Gray -- desert almond, desert peach 
                         Species Prunus fremontii S. Wats. -- desert apricot 
                         Species Prunus fruticosa Pallas -- European dwarf cherry 
                         Species Prunus geniculata Harper -- scrub plum 
                         Species Prunus glandulosa Thunb. -- flowering almond 
                         Species Prunus gracilis Engelm. & Gray -- Oklahoma plum 
                         Species Prunus havardii (W. Wight) S.C. Mason -- Harvard plum, havard plum, Havard's plum 
                         Species Prunus hortulana Bailey -- hortulan plum 
                         Species Prunus ilicifolia (Nutt. ex Hook. & Arn.) D. Dietr. -- hollyleaf cherry 
                         Species Prunus japonica Thunb. ex Murray -- Japanese bush cherry 
                         Species Prunus laurocerasus L. -- cherry laurel 
                         Species Prunus lusitanica L. -- Portugal laurel 
                         Species Prunus mahaleb L. -- Mahaleb cherry 
                         Species Prunus maritima Marsh. -- beach plum 
                         Species Prunus mexicana S. Wats. -- Mexican plum 
                         Species Prunus minutiflora Engelm. -- smallflower peachbrush, Texas almond 
                         Species Prunus mume Siebold & Zucc. -- Japanese apricot 
                         Species Prunus munsoniana W. Wight & Hedrick -- wild goose plum, wildgrove plum 
                         Species Prunus murrayana Palmer -- Murray's plum 
                         Species Prunus myrtifolia (L.) Urban -- West Indian cherry 
                         Species Prunus nigra Ait. -- black plum, Canadian plum 
                         Species Prunus occidentalis Sw. -- western cherry laurel 
                         Species Prunus X orthosepala Koehne (pro sp.) -- prunus 
                         Species Prunus padus L. -- European bird cherry 
                         Species Prunus X palmeri Sarg. (pro sp.) -- Palmer's prunus 
                         Species Prunus pensylvanica L. f. -- fire cherry, pin cherry 
                         Species Prunus persica (L.) Batsch -- peach 
                         Species Prunus pleuradenia Griseb.  
                         Species Prunus pumila L. -- sand cherry, sandcherry 
                         Species Prunus pumula Linnaeus  
                         Species Prunus rivularis Scheele -- creek plum 
                         Species Prunus salicina Lindley -- Japanese plum 
                         Species Prunus serotina Ehrh. -- black cherry, black chokecherry 
                         Species Prunus serrulata Lindl. -- Japanese flowering cherry 
                         Species Prunus X slavinii Palmer ex Rehd. -- Slavin's prunus 
                         Species Prunus spinosa L. -- blackthorn 
                         Species Prunus subcordata Benth. -- Klamath plum 
                         Species Prunus subhirtella Miq.  
                         Species Prunus tenella Batsch -- prunus 
                         Species Prunus texana F.G. Dietr. -- peachbush, Texas peachbrush 
                         Species Prunus tomentosa Thunb. -- Nanking cherry 
                         Species Prunus triloba Lindl. -- flowering plum 
                         Species Prunus umbellata Ell. -- flatwood plum, hog plum 
                         Species Prunus virginiana L. -- chokecherry, chokecherry (common), common chokecherry, Virginia chokecherry 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: John Kartesz  
  Notes: Biota of North America Project (BONAP), University of North Carolina   
  Reference for: Prunus   
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Prunus   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Prunus   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Prunus   
       
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