Species of flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae
Prunus avium
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Rosales
Family:
Rosaceae
Genus:
Prunus
Subgenus:
Prunus subg. Cerasus
Section:
P. sect. Cerasus
Species:
P. avium
Binomial name
Prunus avium
L.
Distribution map
Synonyms[2]
List
Prunus cerasus var. avium L.
Cerasus avium (L.) Moench
Druparia avium (L.) Clairv.
Prunus bigarella Dumort.
Prunus duracina (L.) Sweet
Prunus juliana (L.) Gaudin
Prunus nigricans Ehrh.
Prunus varia Ehrh.
Prunus avium, commonly called wild cherry,[3]sweet cherry[3] or gean[3] is a species of cherry, a flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is native to Europe, Anatolia, Maghreb, and Western Asia, from the British Isles[4] south to Morocco and Tunisia, north to the Trondheimsfjord region in Norway and east to the Caucasus and northern Iran, with a small isolated population in the western Himalaya.[5] The species is widely cultivated in other regions and has become naturalized in North America, New Zealand and Australia.[6][7][8]
Prunus avium has a diploid set of sixteen chromosomes (2n = 16).[9] All parts of the plant except for the ripe fruit are slightly toxic, containing cyanogenic glycosides.
^Rivers, M.C. (2017). "Prunus avium". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T172064A50673544. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T172064A50673544.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^"Prunus avium L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
^ abc"Prunus avium". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
^British Trees Online Archived 3 September 2000 at the Wayback Machine
^Den Virtuella Floran: Prunus avium (in Swedish; with map)
^Atlas of Living Australia. "Prunus avium : Sweet Cherry – Atlas of Living Australia". ala.org.au. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
^Calflora taxon report, University of California, Prunus avium (L.) L. sweet cherry
^Flora of North America, Prunus avium (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, 1755. Sweet cherry, cerisier des oiseaux
^Tavaud, M.; Zanetto, A.; David, J. L.; Laigret, F.; Dirlewanger, E. (2004). "Genetic relationships between diploid and allotetraploid cherry species (Prunus avium, Prunus × gondouinii and Prunus cerasus)". Heredity. 93 (6): 631–638. doi:10.1038/sj.hdy.6800589. PMID 15354194. S2CID 19444068.
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