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Prunus cerasus
1897 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Rosales
Family:
Rosaceae
Genus:
Prunus
Subgenus:
Prunus subg. Cerasus
Species:
P. cerasus
Binomial name
Prunus cerasus
L. 1753
Synonyms[2]
List
Cerasus acida (Ehrh.) Borkh.
Cerasus austera (L.) Borkh.
Cerasus austera (L.) M.Roem.
Cerasus collina Lej. & Courtois
Cerasus fruticosa Pall.
Cerasus vulgaris Mill.
Druparia cerasus (L.) Clairv.
Prunus acida Ehrh.
Prunus aestiva Salisb.
Prunus austera (L.) Ehrh.
Prunus caproniana (L.) Gaudin
Prunus recta (Liegel) K.Koch
Prunus semperflorens Ehrh.
Prunus cerasus (sour cherry,[3]tart cherry, or dwarf cherry[4]) is a species of Prunus in the subgenus Cerasus (cherries), native to much of Europe, North Africa and West Asia. It is closely related to the sweet cherry (Prunus avium), but has a fruit that is more acidic. Its sour pulp is edible.[5]
The tree is smaller than the sweet cherry (growing to a height of 4–10 m), has twiggy branches, and its crimson-to-near-black cherries are borne upon shorter stalks. There are two main varieties (groups of cultivars) of the sour cherry: the dark-red Morello cherry and the lighter-red Amarelle cherry.[6]
^illustration from Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen 1897
^"The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved January 27, 2014.
^USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Prunus cerasus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
^BSBI List 2007(xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
^Little, Elbert L. (1980). The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region. New York: Knopf. p. 498. ISBN 0-394-50760-6.
^Webster’s New International Dictionary of the English Language. Springfield, Massachusetts: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1913. See amarelle at p. 67.
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only a variety, Prunuscerasus var. avium, citing Gaspard Bauhin's Pinax theatri botanici (1596).[citation needed] His description, Cerasus racemosa hortensis...
cultivation, although Prunus avium is often referred to specifically by the name "wild cherry" in the British Isles. Prunus subg. Cerasus contains species...
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