| Prunus sect. Microcerasus | |
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| Prunus prostrata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Prunus |
| Subgenus: | Prunus subg. Prunus |
| Section: | Prunus sect. Microcerasus (Webb & Berthel.) C.K.Schneid. |
| Type species | |
| Prunus prostrata Labill. | |
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Prunus sect. Microcerasus[1] is a section of Prunus. It used to be included in Prunus subg. Cerasus, but phylogenetic research indicates it belongs to Prunus subg. Prunus.[2] It differs from Prunus subg. Cerasus by having three winter buds per axil.
- ^ Schneider, Camillo Karl (1904). Illustriertes Handbuch der Laubholzkunde. Vol. 1. Jena: Gustav Fischer. p. 601.
- ^ Shi, Shuo; Li, Jinlu; Sun, Jiahui; Yu, Jing; Zhou, Shiliang (2013). "Phylogeny and Classification of Prunus sensu lato (Rosaceae)". Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 55 (11): 1069–1079. doi:10.1111/jipb.12095. ISSN 1744-7909. PMID 23945216.