''Prunus'' sect. ''Prunus'' is a section of ''Prunus'' subg. ''Prunus''. It contains species of Eurasian

plum A plum is a fruit of some species in Prunus subg. Prunus, ''Prunus'' subg. ''Prunus'.'' Dried plums are often called prunes, though in the United States they may be labeled as 'dried plums', especially during the 21st century. Plums are ...

Species

Species in this section includes: * '' Prunus bokhariensis'' * ''

Prunus cerasifera __NOTOC__ ''Prunus cerasifera'' is a species of plum known by the common names cherry plum and myrobalan plum.Prunus cocomilia'' – Italian plum, cuckoo's apple * '' Prunus consociiflora'' – Hubei plum * '' Prunus darvasica'' – Darwaz plum * ''

Prunus divaricata __NOTOC__ ''Prunus cerasifera'' is a species of plum known by the common names cherry plum and myrobalan plum. – wild cherry plum * ''

Prunus domestica ''Prunus domestica'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. A deciduous tree, it includes many varieties of the fruit trees known as plums in English, though not all plums belong to this species. The greengages and damsons als ...

'' – European plum * '' Prunus ramburii'' – sloe of

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Prunus salicina ''Prunus salicina'' ( syn. ''Prunus triflora'' or ''Prunus thibetica''), commonly called the Japanese plum or Chinese plum, is a small deciduous tree native to China, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. It is an introduced species in Korea, Japan, the Un ...

'' – Chinese plum, Japanese plum * ''

Prunus simonii ''Prunus simonii'', called apricot plum and Simon plum, is a tree in the genus ''Prunus''. It was first described by Elie-Abel Carrière in 1872 and is native to Hebei province, China. The species is not known in a truly wild state. It has been ...

'' – apricot plum * '' Prunus sogdiana'' – Sogdian plum * ''

Prunus spinosa ''Prunus spinosa'', called blackthorn or sloe, is an Old World species of flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is locally naturalized in parts of the New World. The fruits are used to make sloe gin in Britain and patxaran in B ...

'' – sloe * '' Prunus tadzhikistanica'' – Tajik plum * ''

Prunus ursina ''Prunus ursina'' (bear's plum, ) is a species of ''prunus'' native to the woods of Western Asia from Turkey to Syria, Israel and Lebanon. Some sources include this species in '' Prunus cocomilia''. Etymology ''Prunus'', from the Latin "prūnus ...

'' – bear's plum * '' Prunus ussuriensis'' – Manchurian plum * ''

Prunus vachuschtii ''Prunus vachuschtii'', ka, ალუჩა, tr, is a species of plum that is native to the Caucasus region. Uses In Georgia, it is usually eaten by hand and is used to make tkemali, a tart sauce for meat dishes. Although it is probably cons ...

'' – alucha Hybrid species (some of them are hybrids with species of other sections): * ''Prunus'' × ''blireiana'' – double-flowering plum (''P. cerasifera'' × '' P. mume'') * ''Prunus'' × ''cistena'' – purple-leaf sand cherry (''P. cerasifera'' × ''P. pumila''） * ''Prunus'' × ''ferganica'' –

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plum (''P. divaricata'' × '' P. ulmifolia'') * ''Prunus'' × ''foveata'' – pitted-stone plum * ''Prunus'' × ''fruticans'' (''P. spinosa'' × ''P. insititia'') * ''Prunus'' × ''macedonica'' – Macedonian plum (''P. cerasifera'' × ''P. cocomilia'') * ''Prunus'' × ''rossica'' – Russian plum (''P. cerasifera'' × ''P. salicina'') * ''Prunus'' × ''simmleri'' (''P. cerasifera'' × ''P. spinosa'') The taxonomic position of '' P. brigantina'' is disputed. It is grouped with species of ''Prunus'' sect. ''Prunus'' according to chloroplast DNA sequences, but more closely related to species of ''Prunus'' sect. ''Armeniaca'' according to nuclear DNA sequences.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10873832 * Prunus subg. Prunus