Prunus - Wikipedia
Prunus is a genus of trees and shrubs in the flowering plant family Rosaceae that includes plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots and almonds.
Prunus | Definition, Fruits, & Facts | Britannica
Prunus, genus of more than 400 species of flowering shrubs and trees in the rose family (Rosaceae). The genus Prunus is native to northern temperate regions. It has a number of economically important members, including the cultivated almond, peach, plum, …
Prunus - Trees and Shrubs Online
Prunus is a large genus of great economic significance, containing many familiar and important fruit crops. In gardens, the Japanese ornamental cherries, including 'Tai Haku' (illustrated), are arguably the most significant group.
Prunus sp. – Purdue Arboretum Explorer
Prunus is a large and important genus of over 400 species of mostly deciduous trees and shrubs, in addition to countless hybrids. Important members of this genus include cherries, almond, peaches, plums, and apricots.
Prunus - Michigan Flora
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Prunus (and Cerasus) all species | GDR - Rosaceae
Prunus genus belongs to the Rosaceae family and includes several hundred species of flowering trees and shrubs that mostly are deciduous. Most members are diploid (2n=2x=16) although a few polyploids exist.
List of Prunus species - Wikipedia
The following additional species in the genus Prunus were recognised by The Plant List: [2] The Plant List species. P. adenopoda → Prunus zippeliana ... fruits, or wood. Some may have been synonymized with other fossil Prunus species, other fossil genera, or even living species at some point after their description. [citation needed] Fossil A-C
Prunus - New World Encyclopedia
Prunus is an economically important genus of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs, characterized by a fruit in the form of a drupe, usually white to pink perigynous flowers with five petals and five sepals, simple leaves, and often the production of cyangogenetic glycosides in the seeds and leaves.
Prunus - FNA
Nov 5, 2020 · Prunus is important economically; it includes almonds, apricots, cherries, nectarines, peaches, and plums. Most commercial species are of Old World origin; Native Americans made use of Prunus fruits, especially plums, long …
Genus: Prunus-Cherries, Plums, and Peaches - Discover Life
Prunus is distributed over the temperate regions of the Northern hemisphere, and is widespread in North America, eastern Asia, western and central Asia, and central Europe. There are about twenty-five species found in the United States.