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December 2024

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Prunus virginiana L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 473 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0001016575.

Synonyms of Prunus virginiana L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Padus virginiana (L.) Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8. : Padus n.° 3 (1768) wfo-0000995723
Prunus serotina Poir. Encycl. 5: 665 (1804) wfo-0000996051
Cerasus virginica (Michx.) hort. Hort. Soc. Lond., Cat. Fr. 30. 1826 ; cf. D.J. Mabberley in Taxon, 33(3): 441. 1984 wfo-0000996620
Padus virginiana (L.) M.Roem. Familiarum naturalium regni vegetabilis synopses monographicae 3, Rosiflorae ; 1847 87 1847 wfo-0001014197
Cerasus virginiana (L.) Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 285 (1803) wfo-0001017616

Varieties in virginiana ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} varieties ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link