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Prunus

not marked as a favorite taxon *Prunus cerasus Linnaeus. Common name: Sour Cherry, Pie Cherry. Phenology: Apr-May; Jun-Jul. Habitat: Commonly cultivated, occasionally escaped to disturbed areas; fencerows, suburban forests. Distribution: Native of Eurasia.

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Subgenus: Cerasus.

Origin/Endemic status: Eurasia

Taxonomy Comments: Prunus cerasus appears to be an allotetraploid derived from hybridization of Prunus avium × fruticosa, the hybridization event estimated to have occurred more recently than 1.61 million years ago.

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, F, FNA9, G, Il, K1, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Va, W, WV, Robertson (1974); = Cerasus vulgaris P. Miller. Basionym: Prunus cerasus L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Prunus cerasus - FNA9

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