Prunus sect. Microcerasus explained

Prunus sect. Microcerasus^[1] is a section of Prunus. It used to be included in Prunus subg. Cerasus, but phylogenetic research indicates it belongs to Prunus subg. Prunus.^[2] 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:^[3]

• Prunus alaica
• Prunus albicaulis
• Prunus bifrons
• Prunus brachypetala
• Prunus chorossanica
• Prunus dictyoneura
• Prunus erythrocarpa
• Prunus erzincanica^[4]
• Prunus glandulosa
• Prunus griffithii
• Prunus hippophaeoides
• Prunus humilis
• Prunus incana
• Prunus jacquemontii
• Prunus japonica
• Prunus microcarpa
• Prunus pogonostyla
• Prunus pojarkovii
• Prunus prostrata
• Prunus pseudoprostrata
• Prunus pumila
  • Prunus pumila var. besseyi^{[5] [6]}
  • Prunus pumila var. depressa
• Prunus susquehanae
• Prunus tianshanica
• Prunus tomentosa
• Prunus verrucosa
• Prunus yazdiana^[7]

Hybrids:

• Prunus × cistena

Notes and References

1. Book: Schneider, Camillo Karl . Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde . Gustav Fischer . 1904 . 1 . Jena . 601.
2. Shi. Shuo. Li. Jinlu. Sun. Jiahui. Yu. Jing. Zhou. Shiliang. 2013. Phylogeny and Classification of Prunus sensu lato (Rosaceae). Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. en. 55. 11. 1069–1079. 10.1111/jipb.12095. 23945216. 1744-7909.
3. Критический обзор среднеазиатских и переднеазиатских видов вишни цикла Cerasi prostratae (Labill.) Ser.. Пояркова, А. И.. Ботанический журнал. 3. 1939. 225–246.
4. Cerasus erzincanica (Rosaceae), a new species from Turkey. Yıldırımlı, Ş. Candollea. 1. 1993. 48. 115–118.
5. Yazbek. M.. Oh. S.-H.. 2013-10-01. Peaches and almonds: phylogeny of Prunus subg. Amygdalus (Rosaceae) based on DNA sequences and morphology. Plant Systematics and Evolution. en. 299. 8. 1403–1418. 10.1007/s00606-013-0802-1. 14542774. 1615-6110.
6. Bortiri. Esteban. Oh. Sang-Hun. Jiang. Jianguo. Baggett. Scott. Granger. Andrew. Weeks. Clay. Buckingham. Megan. Potter. Daniel. Parfitt. Dan E.. 2001. Phylogeny and systematics of Prunus (Rosaceae) as determined by sequence analysis of ITS and the chloroplast trnL-trnF spacer DNA. Systematic Botany. 26. 4. 797–807. 3093861. 0363-6445.
7. A survey on Prunus species from subgenus Cerasus naturally growing in Iran. Zamani. Z.. Shahi-Gharahlar. A.. 2011. Acta Horticulturae. 918. 10.17660/actahortic.2011.918.94. 731–734. 0567-7572. Fatahi. R.. Khadivi-Khub. A..