Prunus avium, commonly called wild cherry, sweet cherry or gean is a species of cherry, a flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is native to...

genus Prunus, and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit). Commercial cherries are obtained from cultivars of several species, such as the sweet Prunus avium and...

cherry. Prunus cerasus, a tetraploid with 2n=32 chromosomes, is thought to have originated as a natural hybrid between Prunus avium and Prunus fruticosa...

to include the species of modern Prunus—Amygdalus, Cerasus, Prunus, and Padus—but simplified it to Amygdalus and Prunus in 1758. Since then, the various...

Species of Prunus subg. Cerasus are known as true cherries, which include: Prunus apetala (Siebold & Zucc.) Franch. & Sav. – clove cherry Prunus avium (L.)...

characters". It hybridizes naturally with Prunus cerasus to form Prunus × eminens, and with Prunus avium to form Prunus × stacei. These forest plants are brought...

species): Prunus serrulata f. albida (syn. Prunus speciosa). Japan. Prunus serrulata var. spontanea or Prunus serrulata f. spontanea (syn. Prunus jamasakura)...

avium), sour cherry (P. cerasus) and Japanese flowering cherries (P. serrulata, P. speciosa, P. sargentii, P. incisa, etc.) which belong to Prunus subg...

Bing is a cultivar of the wild or sweet cherry (Prunus avium) that originated in the Pacific Northwest, in Milwaukie, Oregon, United States. The Bing remains...

are two varieties: European bird cherry Prunus padus var. padus, Europe and western Asia. Asian bird cherry Prunus padus var. commutata, eastern Asia. The...