''Prunus'' sect. ''Prunocerasus'' (meaning plum-cherry) is a section of the genus '' Prunus''.

Koehne The surname Koehne may refer to: History "Koehne" is the North German variant of the name "Kuehne". People * Bernhard Karl von Koehne (1817–1887), Russian heraldist and numismatist * Bernhard Adalbert Emil Koehne (1848–1918), German ...

originally described it as comprising the North American plums and placed it in the subgenus '' Cerasus''. The section is now generally recognized as belonging to ''Prunus'' subg. ''Prunus''. Species attributed to this section include: * '' P. alleghaniensis'' Porter * '' P. americana'' Marshall * '' P. angustifolia'' Marshall * '' P. geniculata'' R.M.Harper * '' P. gracilis''

Engelm. George Engelmann, also known as Georg Engelmann, (2 February 1809 – 4 February 1884) was a German-American botanist. He was instrumental in describing the flora (plants), flora of the west of North America, then very poorly known to Europeans; ...

A.Gray Asa Gray (November 18, 1810 – January 30, 1888) is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century. His '' Darwiniana'' was considered an important explanation of how religion and science were not necessarily mutually exc ...

* '' P. hortulana'' L.H.Bailey * '' P. maritima'' Marshall * '' P. mexicana''

S.Watson Sereno Watson (December 1, 1826 in East Windsor Hill, Connecticut – March 9, 1892 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American botanist. Graduating from Yale in 1847 in Biology, he drifted through various occupations until, in California, he j ...

* '' P. munsoniana'' Wight & Hedrick * '' P. murrayana'' E.J.Palmer * '' P. nigra''

Aiton Aiton may refer to: People *Aiton (surname) *Standard author abbreviation of William Aiton (1731 – 1793), Scottish botanist Places * Aiton, Cluj, a commune in Romania * Aiton, Savoie, a commune in France Other uses * Tai Aiton people, one of ...

* ''P.'' × ''orthosepala'' Koehne * ''P.'' × ''palmeri'' Sarg. * '' P. rivularis'' Scheele * ''P.'' × ''slavinii'' Palmer ex Rehder * '' P. subcordata'' Benth. * '' P. texana'' D.Dietr. * '' P. umbellata'' Elliott

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Plant sections Prunocerasus * {{prunus-stub