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 bokhariensis
  • Prunus cerasiferacherry plum
  • Prunus cocomiliaItalian plum, cuckoo's apple
  • Prunus consociifloraHubei plum
  • Prunus darvasicaDarwaz plum
  • Prunus divaricatawild cherry plum
  • Prunus domesticaEuropean plum
  • Prunus ramburiisloe of Sierra Nevada
  • Prunus salicinaChinese plum, Japanese plum
  • Prunus simonii – apricot plum
  • Prunus sogdiana – Sogdian plum
  • Prunus spinosa – sloe
  • Prunus tadzhikistanica – Tajik plum
  • Prunus ursina – bear's plum
  • Prunus ussuriensis – Manchurian plum
  • Prunus vachuschtii – alucha
Hybrid species :
  • Prunus × blireiana – double-flowering plum
  • Prunus × cistena – purple-leaf sand cherry
  • Prunus × foveata – pitted-stone plum
  • Prunus × fruticans
  • Prunus × macedonicaMacedonian plum
  • Prunus × rossicaRussian 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.