''Prunus'' sect. ''Microcerasus'' is a
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Prunus
''Prunus'' is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes (among many others) the fruits plums, Cherry, cherries, peaches, Peach#Nectarine, nectarines, apricots, and almonds.
Native to the North American temperate regions, the neotropics of Sou ...
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''Prunus'' subg. ''Cerasus'', but phylogenetic research indicates it belongs to
''Prunus'' subg. ''Prunus''.
It differs from ''Prunus'' subg. ''Cerasus'' by having three winter buds per
axil.
Species
Species in this section are often called bush cherries or dwarf cherries.
They include:
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Prunus alaica''
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Prunus albicaulis''
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Prunus bifrons
''Prunus bifrons'' is a species of ''Prunus'' native to temperate and tropical Asia.
References and external links
GBIF entry* Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Cl., Abt. 1, 101:637. 1892
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Prunus brachypetala
''Prunus brachypetala'' is a species of bush cherry native to Turkey, Iraq and Iran. Its fruit are edible and consumed locally.
Footnote
References
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Prunus chorossanica''
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Prunus dictyoneura''
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Prunus erythrocarpa''
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Prunus erzincanica''
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Prunus glandulosa''
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Prunus griffithii''
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Prunus hippophaeoides''
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Prunus humilis''
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Prunus incana''
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Prunus jacquemontii
''Prunus jacquemontii'', sometimes called Afghan cherry, Afghan bush cherry, Afghan dwarf cherry, or flowering almond, a name shared with ''Prunus triloba'', is shrub which originates from Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Tibet. Th ...
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Prunus japonica''
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Prunus microcarpa''
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Prunus pogonostyla''
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Prunus pojarkovii''
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Prunus prostrata''
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Prunus pseudoprostrata''
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Prunus pumila
''Prunus pumila'', commonly called sand cherry, is a North American species of cherry in the rose family. It is widespread in eastern and central Canada from New Brunswick west to Saskatchewan and the northern United States from Maine to Montana, ...
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** ''Prunus pumila'' var. ''besseyi''
** ''Prunus pumila'' var. ''depressa''
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Prunus susquehanae''
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Prunus tianshanica''
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Prunus tomentosa
''Prunus tomentosa'' is a species of ''Prunus'' native to northern and western China (including Tibet), Korea, Mongolia, and possibly northern India (Jammu and Kashmir, though probably only cultivated there).Bean, W. J. (1980). ''Trees and Shrubs ...
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Prunus verrucosa''
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Prunus yazdiana''
Hybrids:
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''Prunus'' × ''cistena''
References
Plant sections
Microcerasus
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