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Prunus sect. Prunus
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Prunus salicina
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Subgenus: Prunus subg. Prunus
Section: Prunus sect. Prunus
Species

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

Species

Species in this section includes:

Hybrid species (some of them are hybrids with species of other sections):

  • Prunus × blireiana – double-flowering plum
  • Prunus × cistena – purple-leaf sand cherry
  • Prunus × ferganica – Fergana plum
  • Prunus × foveata – pitted-stone plum
  • Prunus × fruticans
  • Prunus × rossica – Russian 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.

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