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Prunus

The genus Prunus is in the family Rosaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Prunus

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Prunus accumulans (Koehne) C.L. Li & Aymard Accepted M TRO
Prunus africana (Hook. f.) Kalkman Accepted M TRO
Prunus amplifolia Pilg. Accepted M TRO
Prunus amygdaloides Schltr. Accepted M TRO
Prunus amygdalus Stokes Accepted M TRO
Prunus annularis Koehne Accepted M TRO
Prunus argentea (Lam.) Rehder Accepted M TRO
Prunus armeniaca L. Accepted M TRO
Prunus avium (L.) L. Accepted M TRO
Prunus besseyi L.H. Bailey Accepted M TRO
Prunus brachybotrya Zucc. Accepted M TRO
Prunus brachypetala (Boiss.) Walp. Accepted M TRO
Prunus brasiliensis (Cham. & Schltdl.) D. Dietr. Accepted M TRO
Prunus brittoniana Rusby Accepted M TRO
Prunus buxifolia Koehne Accepted M TRO
Prunus capollin Zucc. Accepted M TRO
Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. Accepted M TRO
Prunus cercocarpifolia Villarreal Accepted M TRO
Prunus chamissoana Koehne Accepted M TRO
Prunus cornifolia Koehne Accepted M TRO
Prunus debilis Koehne Accepted M TRO
Prunus detrita J.F. Macbr. Accepted M TRO
Prunus divaricata Ledeb. Accepted M TRO
Prunus domestica L. Accepted M TRO
Prunus douglasii Basualdo & Zardini Accepted M TRO
Prunus emarginata (Douglas) Walp. Accepted M TRO
Prunus erythroxylon Koehne Accepted M TRO
Prunus espinozana C.L. Li. Accepted M TRO
Prunus fasciculata (Torr.) A. Gray Accepted M TRO
Prunus × ferganica Lincz. Accepted M TRO
Prunus ferruginea Steud. Accepted M TRO
Prunus fortunensis McPherson Accepted M TRO
Prunus gentryi Standl. Accepted M TRO
Prunus glandulosa (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray Accepted M TRO
Prunus guanaiensis Rusby Accepted M TRO
Prunus hainanensis (G.A. Fu & Y.S.Lin) H. Yu, N.H. Xia & H.G.Ye Accepted M TRO
Prunus havardii (W. Wight) W. Wight ex S.C. Mason Accepted M TRO
Prunus herthae Diels Accepted M TRO
Prunus hintonii (C.K. Allen) Kosterm. Accepted L TRO
Prunus huantensis Pilg. Accepted M TRO
Prunus insititia L. Accepted M TRO
Prunus integrifolia (Sudw.) Sarg. Accepted M TRO
Prunus lanata (Sudw.) Mack. & Bush Accepted M TRO
Prunus laurocerasus L. Accepted M TRO
Prunus leiocarpa (Boiss.) Fritsch Accepted M TRO
Prunus lichoana Aymard Accepted M TRO
Prunus ligustrina Koehne Accepted M TRO
Prunus lundelliana Standl. Accepted M TRO
Prunus mexicana S. Watson Accepted M TRO
Prunus microphylla (Kunth) Hemsl. Accepted M TRO
Prunus moritziana Koehne Accepted M TRO
Prunus myrtifolia (L.) Urb. Accepted M TRO
Prunus nachichevanica Kudr. Accepted M TRO
Prunus oblonga J.F. Macbr. Accepted M TRO
Prunus oleifolia Koehne Accepted M TRO
Prunus omissa Koehne Accepted M TRO
Prunus opaca (Benth.) Walp. Accepted M TRO
Prunus ovalis Ruiz ex Koehne Accepted M TRO
Prunus padifolia (Greene) A. Nelson Accepted M TRO
Prunus persica (L.) Stokes Accepted M TRO
Prunus pleiantha Pilg. Accepted M TRO
Prunus prunifolia (Greene) Shafer Accepted M TRO
Prunus pumila L. Accepted M TRO
Prunus punctata (Jeps.) Hoover Accepted M TRO
Prunus ravenii Zardini & Basualdo Accepted M TRO
Prunus rhamnoides Koehne Accepted M TRO
Prunus rotunda J.F. Macbr. Accepted M TRO
Prunus rufa (Wall.) Steud. Accepted M TRO
Prunus ruiziana Koehne Accepted M TRO
Prunus salicina Lindl. Accepted M TRO
Prunus samydoides Schltdl. Accepted M TRO
Prunus sellowii Koehne Accepted M TRO
Prunus serotina Ehrh. Accepted M TRO
Prunus simonii Carrière Accepted M TRO
Prunus skutchii I.M. Johnst. Accepted M TRO
Prunus spinosa L. Accepted M TRO
Prunus stipulata J.F. Macbr. Accepted M TRO
Prunus subcoriacea (Chodat & Hassl.) Koehne Accepted M TRO
Prunus subcorymbosa Ruiz ex Koehne Accepted M TRO
Prunus tetradenia Koehne Accepted M TRO
Prunus trichopetala (Greene) Blank. Accepted M TRO
Prunus tucumanensis Lillo Accepted M TRO
Prunus ulei Koehne Accepted M TRO
Prunus urotaenia Koehne Accepted M TRO
Prunus ussuriensis Kovalev & Kostina Accepted M TRO
Prunus valida (Wooton & Standl.) Rydb. Accepted M TRO
Prunus virens (Wooton & Standl.) Shreve ex Sarg. Accepted M TRO
Prunus wurdackii C.L. Li Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 482 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Prunus. Of these 88 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 213 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Prunus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 482 species names for the genus Prunus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 88 18.3%
Synonym 263 54.6%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 131 27.2%

All names

The status of the 695 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Prunus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 103 14.8%
Synonym 448 64.5%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 144 20.7%

The confidence with which the status of the 482 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Prunus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 87 258 0 0 345 71.6%
Low confidence 1 5 0 131 137 28.4%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Prunus, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 88 263 0 131 0 482 100%