''Prunus'' sect. ''Microcerasus'' is a
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Prunus
''Prunus'' is a genus of flowering plant, flowering trees and shrubs from the family (biology), family Rosaceae. The genus includes plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots and almonds (collectively Drupe, stonefruit). The genus has a cosm ...
''. It used to be included in
''Prunus'' subg. ''Cerasus'', but phylogenetic research indicates it belongs to
''Prunus'' subg. ''Prunus''.
It differs from ''Prunus'' subg. ''Cerasus'' by having three winter buds per
axil
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Species
Species in this section are often called bush cherries or dwarf cherries.
They include:
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Prunus alaica''
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Prunus albicaulis''
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Prunus bifrons''
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Prunus brachypetala''
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Prunus chorossanica''
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Prunus dictyoneura''
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Prunus erythrocarpa''
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Prunus erzincanica''
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Prunus glandulosa''
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Prunus griffithii''
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Prunus hippophaeoides
''Prunus'' is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs from the family Rosaceae. The genus includes plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots and almonds (collectively stonefruit). The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, being native to t ...
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Prunus humilis''
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Prunus incana
''Prunus incana'', the willow leaf cherry (and hoary cherry, although that name is also used for ''Prunus canescens''), is a species of sour cherry native to the Caucasus region of central Asia, including Russia, Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, Kurdist ...
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Prunus jacquemontii''
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Prunus japonica
''Prunus japonica'' (also ''Cerasus japonica''), also called Japanese bush cherry, Oriental bush cherry, or Korean bush cherry is a shrub species in the genus ''Prunus'' that is widely cultivated for ornamental use. Its native range extends fro ...
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Prunus microcarpa
''Prunus microcarpa'', the small-fruited cherry, is a species of ''Prunus'' native to Western Asia and the Caucasus.
Description
''Prunus microcarpa'' is a deciduous bushy shrub with rigid branchlets. Its glabrous leaves are ovate to elliptic. ...
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Prunus pogonostyla
''Prunus pogonostyla'', the hairy-style cherry, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae
Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera.
The name is derived from th ...
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Prunus pojarkovii
''Prunus pojarkovii'' is a species of bush cherry native to southern Turkmenistan and Golestan of Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the w ...
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Prunus prostrata
''Prunus prostrata'' (mountain cherry, rock cherry, creeping cherry, spreading cherry or prostrate cherry) is a hardy alpine shrub found naturally above about 2000 m. up to as high as 4000 m. in Spain, France, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Albania, ...
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Prunus pseudoprostrata
''Prunus'' is a genus of flowering trees and shrubs from the family Rosaceae. The genus includes plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots and almonds (collectively stonefruit). The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, being native to th ...
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Prunus pumila
''Prunus pumila'', commonly called sand cherry, is a North American species of cherry in the rose family. It is widespread in eastern and central Canada from New Brunswick west to Saskatchewan and the northern United States from Maine to Montana, ...
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** ''Prunus pumila'' var. ''besseyi''
** ''Prunus pumila'' var. ''depressa''
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Prunus susquehanae
''Prunus pumila'', commonly called sand cherry, is a North American species of cherry in the rose family. It is widespread in eastern and central Canada from New Brunswick west to Saskatchewan and the northern United States from Maine to Montana, ...
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Prunus tianshanica
''Prunus tianshanica'', the Tianshan cherry, is a species of cherry native to the Tianshan Mountains of Central Asia, preferring to grow at 800-1000m.
Description
''Prunus tianshanica'' is a shrub reaching . The bark is grey, turning browner wi ...
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Prunus tomentosa
''Prunus tomentosa'' is a species of ''Prunus'' native to northern and western China (including Tibet), Korea, Mongolia, and possibly northern India (Jammu and Kashmir, though probably only cultivated there).Bean, W. J. (1980). ''Trees and Shrubs ...
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Prunus verrucosa
''Prunus verrucosa'', called the warty cherry or rough-stoned cherry, is a species of cherry
A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus ''Prunus'', and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit).
Commercial cherries are obtained from cultivars ...
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Prunus yazdiana''
Hybrids:
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''Prunus'' × ''cistena''
References
Plant sections
Microcerasus
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