Prunus sect. Prunus


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

Species

Species in this section includes:Prunus bokhariensisPrunus cerasifera – cherry plumPrunus cocomilia – Italian plum, cuckoo's applePrunus consociiflora – Hubei plumPrunus darvasica – Darwaz plumPrunus divaricata – wild cherry plumPrunus domestica – European plumPrunus ramburii – sloe of Sierra Nevada Prunus salicina – Chinese plum, Japanese plumPrunus simonii – apricot plumPrunus sogdiana – Sogdian plumPrunus spinosa – sloePrunus tadzhikistanica – Tajik plumPrunus ursina – bear's plumPrunus ussuriensis – Manchurian plumPrunus vachuschtii – alucha
Hybrid species :
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.