''Prunus'' sect. ''Prunus'' is a section of ''Prunus'' subg. ''Prunus''. It contains species of Eurasian

plum A plum is a fruit of some species in ''Prunus'' subg. ''Prunus'.'' Dried plums are called prunes. History Plums may have been one of the first fruits domesticated by humans. Three of the most abundantly cultivated species are not found i ...

Species

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Prunus bokhariensis ''Prunus'' is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes (among many others) the fruits plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, and almonds. Native to the North American temperate regions, the neotropics of South America, and the ...

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Prunus cerasifera __NOTOC__ ''Prunus cerasifera'' is a species of plum known by the common names cherry plum and myrobalan plum.Prunus cocomilia'' – Italian plum, cuckoo's apple * '' Prunus consociiflora'' – Hubei plum * ''

Prunus darvasica ''Prunus darvasica'', the Darvaz plum, is rare plant endemic to Tajikistan. It is found in the Tajik portion of the Pamir Mountains, the Darvoz Range. There, the plants grow as shrubs 1.5-2.5m tall. The fruit are small (2cm) but otherwise typical ...

'' – Darwaz plum * ''

Prunus divaricata __NOTOC__ ''Prunus cerasifera'' is a species of plum known by the common names cherry plum and myrobalan plum. – wild cherry plum * ''

Prunus domestica ''Prunus domestica'', the European plum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. A deciduous tree, it includes many varieties of the fruit trees known as plums in English, though not all plums belong to this species. The greengag ...

'' – European plum * '' Prunus ramburii'' – sloe of

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( es, endrino de Sierra Nevada) * ''

Prunus salicina ''Prunus salicina'' ( syn. ''Prunus triflora'' or ''Prunus thibetica''), commonly called the Japanese plum or Chinese plum, is a small deciduous tree native to China. It is now also grown in fruit orchards in Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Israel, the U ...

'' – Chinese plum, Japanese plum * ''

Prunus simonii ''Prunus simonii'', called apricot plum and Simon plum, is a tree in the genus ''Prunus''. It was first described by Elie-Abel Carrière in 1872 and is native to Hebei, Hebei province, China. The species is not known in a truly wild state. It has ...

'' – apricot plum * '' Prunus sogdiana'' – Sogdian plum * ''

Prunus spinosa ''Prunus spinosa'', called blackthorn or sloe, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae. The species is native to Europe, western Asia, and regionally in northwest Africa. It is locally naturalized in New Zealand, Tasmania, ...

'' – sloe * ''

Prunus tadzhikistanica ''Prunus'' is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes (among many others) the fruits plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, and almonds. Native to the North American temperate regions, the neotropics of South America, and the paleo ...

'' – Tajik plum * ''

Prunus ursina ''Prunus ursina'' (bear's plum, ) is a species of ''prunus'' native to the woods of Western Asia from Turkey to Syria, Israel and Lebanon. Some sources include this species in '' Prunus cocomilia''. Etymology ''Prunus'', from the Latin "prūnus ...

'' – bear's plum * '' Prunus ussuriensis'' – Manchurian plum * ''

Prunus vachuschtii ''Prunus vachuschtii'' is a species of plum known by the common name in ka, ალუჩა, tr. It is native to the Caucasus region. Uses In Georgia, it is eaten in hand and is used to make tkemali, a tart sauce for meat dishes. Although it ...

'' – alucha Hybrid species (some of them are hybrids with species of other sections): * ''Prunus'' × ''blireiana'' – double-flowering plum * ''Prunus'' × ''cistena'' – purple-leaf sand cherry * ''Prunus'' × ''ferganica'' –

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plum * ''Prunus'' × ''foveata'' – pitted-stone plum * ''Prunus'' × ''fruticans'' * ''Prunus'' × ''rossica'' – Russian plum * ''Prunus'' × ''simmleri'' The taxonomic position of '' P. brigantina'' is disputed. It is grouped with species of ''Prunus'' sect. ''Prunus'' according to chloroplast DNA sequences, but more closely related to species of ''Prunus'' sect. ''Armeniaca'' according to nuclear DNA sequences.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10873832 * Prunus subg. Prunus