''Prunus'' sect. ''Prunocerasus'' (meaning plum-cherry) is a
section
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of the genus ''
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 ...
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Koehne Koehne is a surname. Koehne, or Köhne, is the North German variant of the name Kuehne, or Kühne.
People with the surname include:
* Bernhard Karl von Koehne (1817–1887), Russian heraldist and numismatist
* Bernhard Adalbert Emil Koehne
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originally described it as comprising the North American plums and placed it in the subgenus ''
Cerasus''. The section is now generally recognized as belonging to
''Prunus'' subg. ''Prunus''.
Species attributed to this section include:
* ''
P. alleghaniensis''
Porter
* ''
P. americana''
Marshall
* ''
P. angustifolia''
Marshall
* ''
P. geniculata''
R.M.Harper
* ''
P. gracilis''
Engelm.
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* ''
P. hortulana''
L.H.Bailey
* ''
P. maritima''
Marshall
* ''
P. mexicana''
S.Watson
Sereno Watson (December 1, 1826 – March 9, 1892) was an American botanist.
Life
Watson was born on December 1, 1826, in East Windsor Hill, Connecticut.
Graduating from Yale in 1847 in biology, he drifted through various occupations unti ...
* ''
P. munsoniana''
Wight & Hedrick
* ''
P. murrayana''
E.J.Palmer
* ''
P. nigra''
Aiton Aiton may refer to:
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*Aiton (surname)
*Standard author abbreviation of William Aiton (1731 – 1793), Scottish botanist
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''P.'' × ''orthosepala'' Koehne
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''P.'' × ''palmeri'' Sarg.
* ''
P. rivularis''
Scheele
*
''P.'' × ''slavinii'' Palmer ex Rehder
* ''
P. subcordata''
Benth.
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* ''
P. texana''
D.Dietr.
* ''
P. umbellata''
Elliott
References
External links
Plant sections
Prunocerasus
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