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Rosaceae
Prunus

not marked as a favorite taxon Prunus Linnaeus. Common name: Plum, Cherry, Sloe, Peach, Apricot.

Key to Prunus

A genus of about 200 species, trees and shrubs, nearly cosmopolitan, but especially in north temperate regions. Liu et al. (2012) make a case for combining subgenus Laurocerasus into subgenus Padus. Su et al. (2023) present a robust phylogeny of clades within Prunus.

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Subfamily: Amygdaloideae. Tribe: Amygdaleae.

References: Catling, McKay-Kuja, & Mitrow (1999); Guzmán et al. (2018); Guzmán, Segura, & Fresnedo-Ramírez (2018); Kalkman In Kubitzki et al. (2004); Klooster et al. (2018); Liu et al. (2012); McVaugh (1951); Robertson (1974); Rohrer (2014b) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2014); Segura et al. (2018); Shaw & Small (2004); Yazbek & Oh (2013). Show full citations.

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image #1 of Prunus© Keith Bradley | Prunus alabamensis
image #2 of Prunus© Richard & Teresa Ware | Prunus serotina var. serotina CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
image #3 of Prunus© Keith Bradley | Prunus angustifolia
image #4 of Prunus© Keith Bradley | Prunus serotina var. serotina | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Prunus© Gary P. Fleming | Prunus virginiana var. virginiana | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Prunus© Keith Bradley | Prunus caroliniana | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Prunus© Alan Cressler: Prunus geniculata, Lake Wales Ridge, Lake Wales Ridge Wildlife and Environmental Area, Highlands County, Florida 3 by Alan Cressler | Prunus geniculata source | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Prunus© Gary P. Fleming | Prunus avium | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Prunus© Gary P. Fleming | Prunus pensylvanica | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Prunus© Keith Bradley | Prunus alabamensis
image #11 of Prunus© Scott Ward | Prunus pumila var. pumila
image #12 of Prunus© Alan Cressler: Prunus alabamensis, Pine Mountain, Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park, Harris County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler | Prunus alabamensis source | Original Image ⭷
image #13 of Prunus© Keith Bradley | Prunus serotina var. serotina
image #14 of Prunus© Gary P. Fleming | Prunus persica
image #15 of Prunus© Bruce A. Sorrie | Prunus serotina var. serotina
image #16 of Prunusno rights reserved, uploaded by Daniel Atha | Prunus yedoensis source | Original Image ⭷

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