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Prunus L.

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

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000031284.

Literature

Synonyms of Prunus

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Amygdalopersica Daniel Rev. Gén. Bot. 27: 33 (1915) wfo-4000001768
Amygdalopsis M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 15 (1847) wfo-4000001769
Dodecadia Lour. Fl. Cochinch. : 304 (1790) wfo-4000012322
Emplectocladus Torr. Proc. Amer. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 4: 192 (1851) wfo-4000013331
Hagidryas Griseb. Reise Rumel. 1: 311 (1841) wfo-4000016707
Microcerasus M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 93 (1847) wfo-4000024070
Polystorthia Blume Fl. Javae , Praef.: viii (1828) wfo-4000030838
Prunopsis André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 1883: 369 (1883) wfo-4000031281
Amygdalophora Neck. Elem. Bot. 2: 70 (1790) wfo-4000048277
Armenoprunus Janch. Cat. Fl. Austr., I. Pteridophyt. & Anthophyt. 1(2): 351 (1958) wfo-4000048343

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Prunus:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus Paramahaleb Koehne – wfo-2800003970
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus adenophylla Wall. ex Steud. Nomenclator botanicus ; 1840 402 1841 — wfo-0000990870
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus amelanchier (L.) P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. Oekonomisch-technische Flora der Wetterau ; 1799 209 1800 — wfo-0001010026
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus amygdalopersica (Weston) Poit. & Turpin Trait‚ des arbres fruitiers ; 1807 112 1809 — wfo-0001008116
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus aspera Thunb. Syst. Veg., ed. 14 (J. A. Murray). 463. 1784 [May-Jun 1784] wfo-0000996077
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus bigarella (L.) Dumort. Florula belgica ; 1827 91 1827 — wfo-0001006650
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus bornmuelleri Hand.-Mazz. Ann. Nat. Hofmus. Wien xxvii. 69 (1913). wfo-0000995859
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus bucharica (Korsh.) Hand.-Mazz. ; 1913 70 1913 — wfo-0001011652
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus capollin var. prophyllosa Donn.Sm. Bot. Gaz. 42: 293. 1906 wfo-0001396290
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus cartilaginea Lehm. Ind. Sem. Hort. Hamburg. (1833). Cf. Linnaea, x. (1836) Lit. 76. wfo-0000990924
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus chamaecerasus f. umbellifera Beck Flora von Nieder-™sterreich ; 1890 821 1892 — wfo-0001008649
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus chicasa Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) 1: 284. 1803 [19 Mar 1803] wfo-0001017615
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus corymbulosa Rydb. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 226. 1900 wfo-0000988180
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus densiflora Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 403. wfo-0000996270
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus donarium var. tomentella Nakai ; 1913 132 1913 — wfo-0001017345
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus duclouxii Koehne Pl. Wilson. (Sargent) 1(2): 242. 1912 [30 Apr 1912] wfo-0000991786
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus duerinckii (Mart.) Walp. – wfo-0000996205
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus emarginatus var. villosa Sudw. – wfo-0001391834
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus eriogyna S.C.Mason J. Agric. Res. 1: 168, fig. 5. 1913 wfo-0000995691
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus fontanesiana (Spach) C.K.Schneid. Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde ; 1904 617 1906 — wfo-0001002743
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus glabra Koehne Pl. Wilson. (Sargent) 1(2): 241. 1912 [30 Apr 1912] wfo-0001002006
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus glandulosa Torr. & A.Gray Fl. N. Amer. (Torr. & A. Gray) 1(3): 408. 1840 [Jun 1840] wfo-0000996079
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus guianensis var. macradenia Koehne Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 52(4-5): 318. 1915 [3 Aug 1915] wfo-0001396295
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus hainanensis (G.A.Fu & Y.S.Lin) W.C.Chen Fl. Guangdong 4: 235 (2000), without basionym ref. wfo-0001011020
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus hyemalis Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) 1: 284. 1803 [19 Mar 1803] wfo-0001008390
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus ilicifolia (Nutt. ex Hook. & Arn.) Walp. Repertorium botanices systematicae ; 1842 10 1843 — wfo-0000996206
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus ilicifolia subsp. occidentalis (Brandegee) A.E.Murray Kalmia 12: 24. 1982 [Jul 1982] wfo-0001405851
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus ilicifolia var. occidentalis Brandegee Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. ser. 2, 1: 209. 1888 [dt. 1889; issued 11 Oct 1888] wfo-0001411907
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus incana Steven Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 3: 263. 1812 wfo-0001002016
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus insititia L. Centuria I. plantarum ; 1755 12 1755 — wfo-0000983763
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus iwozana Koidz. Fl. Symb. Orient.-Asiat. 72 (1930). wfo-0001018324
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus jamasakura var. chikusiensis (Koidz.) Ohwi ; 1953 76 1953 — wfo-0001003235
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus juliana Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 643. wfo-0000996161
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus lannesiana f. fruticosa (Miyoshi) M.Hiroe Pl. Basho Buson Hokku Lit. 8(2): 75. 1973 wfo-0001326254
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus lannesiana f. semiplena Makino J. Jap. Bot. 7: 18. 1931 wfo-0001325697
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus martitima var. gravesii (Small) G.J.Anderson – wfo-0001392012
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus mclearnii E.W.Berry ; 1935 41, t.11,f.1-2 1935 — wfo-0001014890
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus micrantha Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 403. wfo-0000996273
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus microbotrys var. obovata S.Y.Hu J. Arnold Arbor. 61(1): 79. 1980 wfo-0001401252
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus miyoshii Ohwi Flowering Cherries of Japan ; 1973 88, t.41 1973 wfo-0001004961
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus mollis Torr. Fl. N. Middle United States [2]: 470. 1824 wfo-0000988179
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus moniwana Kawas. J. Jap. Bot. xxxviii. 94 (1963). wfo-0000996385
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus nana (L.) Focke Die nat?rlichen Pflanzenfamilien ; 1887 54 1891 — wfo-0000996054
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus nana Du Roi Diss. Observ. Bot. 12. 1771 wfo-0000983814
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus nipponica var. alpina (Koidz.) Sugim. ; 1957 50 1957 — wfo-0001004980
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus nipponica var. kurilensis (Miyabe) E.H.Wilson The Cherries of Japan ; 1916 24 1916 — wfo-0000985846
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus obovata Bigelow Fl. Boston., ed. 2 192. 1824 [28 Jun 1824] wfo-0000990940
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus oregana Greene Pittonia 3(13): 21. 1896 [1 May 1896] wfo-0000991722
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus orientalis (Popov) Kudr. Referaty nauchno-issledovatel'skikh rabot. Otdelenie biologicheskikh nauk ; 1942 5 1947 — wfo-0000996649
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus orientalis (Spach) Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) ii. 911. — wfo-0000990911
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus pectinata Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. (Walpers) ii. 911. wfo-0000990913
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus persica (L.) Batsch Beytr. & Entwurfe Pragm. Gesch. Naturr. 30 (1801); cf. E. H. Wilson in Journ.Arn. Arb. 1927, viii. 125. wfo-0001005458
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus persica (L.) Stokes A botanical materia medica ; 1812 100 1812 — wfo-0000984084
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus persicifolia Desf. Hist. Arbr. ii. 205. — wfo-0000996330
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus podperae Nábělek Spisy Přír. Fak. Masarykovy Univ. 35: 104. 1923 wfo-0000996463
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus prunifolia Shafer N. Amer. Trees 500 (1908). wfo-0000995984
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus punctata (Jeps.) Hoover Leafl. W. Bot. 10: 346. 1966 wfo-0000996408
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus rechingeri (Browicz) A.E.Murray Kalmia 1: 31. 1969 wfo-0000996397
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus rehderiana Koehne Pl. Wilson. (Sargent) 1(2): 205. 1912 [30 Apr 1912] wfo-0000992039
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus schiedeana Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 404. wfo-0000996280
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus scopulorum Koehne Pl. Wilson. (Sargent) 1(2): 241. 1912 [30 Apr 1912] wfo-0001017921
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus serotina Roth Catal. Bot. fasc. i. 58. 1797 [Jan-Feb 1797] wfo-0000996021
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus sweginzowii Koehne Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 62. 1910 wfo-0000996135
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus takasawana Kubota & Funatsu J. Geobot. 14: 7. 1965 wfo-0000996372
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus takinoensis Kawas. J. Jap. Bot. 45: 137. 1970 wfo-0000996381
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus tarda Sarg. Bot. Gaz. 33: 108. 1902 wfo-0001017797
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus triflora Raf. Ann. Nat. 11 (Quid ?). 1820 [Mar-Jul 1820] wfo-0000995760
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus tschonoskii var. yanashimana H.Kubota & Moriya Bull. Chichibu Mus. Nat. Hist. 11: 55. 1962 wfo-0001400044
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus urumiensis (Bornm.) A.E.Murray Kalmia 1: 31. 1969 wfo-0000996399
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus variabilis Koehne Pl. Wilson. (Sargent) 1(2): 201. 1912 [30 Apr 1912] wfo-0000992071
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus verecunda f. semiplena (Nakai ex T.Mori) W.Lee Lineamenta Florae Koreae 511. 1996 wfo-0001324282
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus virgata Siebold – — wfo-0001010125
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus virginalis Wender. in Schrift. Marb. ii. (1830) 253. wfo-0000990946
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus virginiana f. xanthocarpa Sarg. J. Arnold Arbor. 2: 117. 1920 wfo-0001403245
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus virginiana subsp. duerinckii (M.Martens) Zabel in Beissn., Schelle & Zabel Handb. Laubholzben. [Beissner & al.] 244. 1903 wfo-0001405856
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Prunus yedoensis var. angustipetala Chan S.Kim & M.H.Kim Distrib. & Taxon. Study Prunus yedoensis Matsumura (Rosac.) 44. 1998 [1997 publ. 1998] wfo-0001395808