List of Prunus species explained
Plants of the World Online list
The following species in the genus Prunus were recognised by Plants of the World Online :[1]
POWO A-C
POWO D-F
POWO G-I
POWO J-L
POWO M-O
POWO P-R
POWO S-U
POWO V-Z
POWO hybrids
The Plant List
The following additional species in the genus Prunus were recognised by The Plant List:[2]
The Plant List species
The Plant List hybrids
ITIS list
The following additional species are accepted by the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), although they might be considered synonyms by other sources:[3]
GRIN list
The following additional species are accepted by the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), although they might be considered synonyms by other sources, or be erroneous accessions:[4]
GRIN species
GRIN hybrids
Tropicos list
The following additional species are listed by Tropicos; many are synonyms of the species above:[5]
Tropicos A-C
Tropicos D-F
Tropicos G-I
Tropicos J-L
Tropicos M-O
Tropicos P-R
Tropicos S-U
Tropicos V-Z
Tropicos hybrids
GBIF list
The following additional species are accepted by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF):[6]
GBIF A-C
- P. acutangulata
- P. acutantulata
- P. andarobi
- P. azorica
- P. baccarii
- P. badilloi
- P. boissieri
- P. bullata
- P. caloneura
- P. chichibuensis
- P. cochinchinensis
- P. compta
GBIF D-F
GBIF G-I
- P. gideonii
- P. gondouinii
- P. guianensis
- P. harae
- P. hendersonii
- P. hixa
- P. insueta
- P. irvingi
GBIF J-L
- P. jalcata
- P. javorkae
- P. juddii
- P. kalkmanii
- P. kalmykovii
- P. kamiaranensis
- P. keredjensis
- P. kingdonwardii
- P. korschinskii
- P. kubotana
- P. kurdistanica
- P. lindleyi
GBIF M-O
- P. media
- P. mitsuminensis
- P. miyasakana
- P. miyoshii
- P. mochizukiana
- P. mozaffarianii
- P. myriocephala
- P. nikaii
- P. nota
- P. odorata
- P. oneyamensis
- P. orazii
GBIF P-R
- P. peritula
- P. pilioscula
- P. pittieri
- P. pseudoaffinis
- P. pugetensis -synonym of Prunus × pugetensis
GBIF S-U
- P. saviczii
- P. schlecteri
- P. sefinensis
- P. singalilaensis
- P. slavinii
- P. solisii
- P. stacei
- P. tatsiensis
- P. uzbekistanica
GBIF V-Z
- P. vavilovii
- P. xingshanensis
- P. yaoiana
- P. yasujensis
- P. yuyamae
- P. zingii
GBIF hybrids
Others
Species
- P. apiculatus
- P. arbascensis
- P. arduennensis
- P. boldus
- P. claviculata
- P. delipavlovii
- P. dementis
- P. erectus
- P. flavescens
- P. ghahremanii
- P. hallasanensis
- P. hefengensis
- P. laoshanensis
- P. longispinosa
- P. jingningensis
- P. junghuhnianus
- P. kumanoensis
- P. maingayi
- P. matuurai
- P. mespilifolia
- P. morioka-pendula
- P. nutantiflora
- P. pananensis
- P. paradoxa
- P. reuteri
- P. rubicundus
- P. sunhangii
- P. tianshanica
- P. wangii
- P. xueluoensis
- P. yazdiana
- P. zhengheensis
Hybrids
Fossil species
Species described from isolated fossil foliage, fruits, or wood. Some may have been synonymized with other fossil Prunus species, other fossil genera, or even living species at some point after their description.
Fossil A-C
- P.? acutifolia (Turonian, Raritan Formation, USA)[7]
- P. aegaea (Early Miocene, Europe-Greenland)[7]
- P. allenbyensis (Ypresian, Allenby Formation, Canada)[8]
- P. angustiserrata (Middle Pliocene, Europe)[7]
- P.? antecedens (Cretaceous?, Kansas, USA)[7]
- P. antiqua (Oligocene, Piedmont Basin, Italy)[7]
- P. ascendentiporulosa (Late Oligocene, Tsuyazaki, Japan)[9]
- P. atlantica - Synonym of P. nanodes[10]
- P. attenuatifolia (Volhynian, Krivodol Formation, Bulgaria)[11]
- P. aucubaefolia (Oligocene-Miocene, Europe)[7]
- P. aviiformis (Piacenzian, Klärbecken Flora, Germany)[7]
- P. axelrodi (Eocene, Kushtaka Formation, Alaska)[12]
- P. barneti (Middle Miocene, Columbia River Basalts, USA)[13]
- P. calophylla
- P. calvertensis
- P. careyhurstia
- P. cathybrownae (Ypresian, Klondike Mountain Formation, USA)[14]
- P. cerasiformis
- P. chaneyi (Oligocene, Creede Formation, USA)[15]
- P. coloradensis
- P. corrugis
- P. coveus
- P. crassa (Middle Pliocene, Saugbagger-Flora, Germany)[7] [10]
- P. creedensis (Oligocene, Creede Formation, USA)[15]
- P. cretacea
- P. cylindrica (Middle Pliocene, Saugbagger-Flora, Germany)[10]
Fossil D-F
- P. dakotensis (Eocene, Fort Union Formation, USA)
- P. daphnes - synonym of P. daphnogene
- P. daphnogene (Miocene, Radoboj, Croatia)
- P. denverensis (Cretaceous, Dawson formation, Colorado)
- P. deperdita (Late Peleocene, Menat Formation, France)
- P. druidum -syn P. eocenica[16]
- P. dura
- P. echinata (Middle Pliocene, Saugbagger-Flora, Germany)[7]
- P. eleanorae
- P. endoana
- P. ettingshausenii - synonym of P. crassa[7]
- P. florinii
- P. fragilis
- P. franklinensis
Fossil G-I
- P. girardii (Middle Pliocene, Saugbagger-Flora, France)
- P. grandifolia
- P. gummosa (Eocene, Yellowstone Formation, USA)[17]
- P. hanhardtii (Miocene?, Öhningen, Switzerland)
- P. harneyensis
- P. hartungi (Eocene, Svetlogorsk, Kaliningrad Oblast)[10]
- P. herbstii (Middle Pliocene, Saugbagger-Flora, Germany)
- P. hirsutipetala
- P. ishidae
- P. ishidai
- P. iwatense (Middle Miocene, Japan)[18]
Fossil J-L
- P. juglandiformis
- P. kenaica
- P. kryshtofovichii
- P. kunmingensis
- P. laeta
- P. langsdorfii (Early Oligocene-Middle Miocene, Europe)[19]
- P. leporimontana
- P. lyoniifolia
Fossil M-O
- P. maclearnii
- P. marchica
- P. masoni
- P. masonii
- P. matsumaensis
- P. maxima
- P. mclearni
- P. merriami
- P. microdonta
- P. micropyrenula (mid-late Oligocene, Rixhöft, Poland)[10]
- P. microserrata
- P. miobrachypoda
- P. miodavidiana
- P. mohikana
- P. moragensis
- P. moselensis
- P. nabortensis (late Eocene, Wilcox Group, USA)[14]
- P. nanodes (Miocene-Pliocene, Europe)[10]
- P. nathorstii
- P. nerchauensis
- P. nevadensis
- P. obtusa - synonym of P. crassa[7]
- P. odessana
- P. okutsui
- P. olsonii (Middle Eocene, Clarno Formation, USA)[14]
- P. olympica (Miocene?, "Bohemia")
- P. ornata - synonym of P. crassa[7]
Fossil P-R
- P. palaeocerasus (Middle Miocene, Steiermark, Austria)[10]
- P. palaeozippeliana (Late Oligocene, Tsuyazaki, Japan)[9]
- P. paradisiaca
- P. parlatorei
- P. parvicarpa
- P. parvula (Middle Pliocene, Saugbagger-Flora, Germany)[10]
- P. pereger
- P. perita
- P. petrosperma
- P. pliovenosa
- P. polyporulosa (Late Oligocene, Tsuyazaki, Japan)[9]
- P. praecommunis
- P. preandersonii
- P. prefasciculata
- P. prefremontii
- P. prinoides
- P. prisca -syn P. eocenica[20]
- P. pristina
- P. protossiori
- P. pyrifolia
- P. rodgersae (Middle Miocene, Columbia River Basalts, USA)[13]
- P. rubeshibensis
- P. rugosa
- P. russana (Pliocene?, Hannau, Germany)[10]
- P. rustii
Fossil S-U
- P. sambucifolia
- P. scharfii
- P. schlechtendalii
- P. scottii (Eocene, Greenland)[21]
- P.? staratschini (Eocene?, Spitzbergen)[22]
- P. stewarti (Ypresian, Green River Formation, USA)[23]
- P. stipitata (Pliocene, Limburg, Netherlands)[10]
- P. subserotina
- P. tanaii
- P. tenerirugosa
- P. tenuiputamenta (Pliocene, Limburg, Netherlands)[10]
- P. tenuis - synonym of P. crassa[7]
- P. terrae-albae
- P. tertiaria
- P. treasheri
- P. tufacea
- P. turlockensis
- P. uviporulosa (Late Oligocene, Tsuyazaki, Japan)[9]
Fossil V-Z
- P. variabilis (Eocene, Cook Inlet, USA)[21]
- P. weinsteinii (Middle Eocene, Clarno Formation, USA)[14]
- P. wadiai (Middle Miocene, Kargil Formation, India)[24]
- P. wutuensis (Early Eocene, Wutu Formation, China)[25]
- P. zeuschneri
Reclassified Fossil species
- P. askenasyi (Piacenzian, Klärbecken Flora, Germany) -Synonym of Carya moenana [10]
- P. aspensis (Albian, Aspen Shale, USA) - Considered an incertae sedis angiosperm[26]
- P. bilinica (Eocene -Early Oligocene, Europe) -Synonym of Iodes bilinica [27] (including Palaeohosiea suleticensis)[19]
- P. denticulata (Middle Miocene, Vrsovice, Czech Republic) -Synonym in part of Alnus gaudinii (foliage), and fruits considered Carpolithes sp.[28]
- P. eocenica considered likely an Icacinaceae fruit[16]
- P. euri (Miocene, Parschlug coal basin, Austria) -Synonym of Cedrelospermum ulmifolium [29]
- P. theodisca (Miocene, Parschlug coal basin, Austria) -Synonym of Quercus mediterranea [29]
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