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 cerasiferacherry plumPrunus cocomiliaItalian plum, cuckoo's applePrunus consociiflora – Hubei plumPrunus darvasicaDarwaz plumPrunus divaricatawild cherry plumPrunus domesticaEuropean plumPrunus ramburiisloe of Sierra Nevada Prunus salicinaChinese plum, Japanese plumPrunus simoniiapricot plumPrunus sogdianaSogdian 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.