| Prunus sect. Prunocerasus | |
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| Prunus nigra | |
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. Prunocerasus Koehne |
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Prunus sect. Prunocerasus (meaning plum-cherry) is a section of the genus Prunus. Koehne originally described it as comprising the North American plums and placed it in the subgenus Cerasus.[1] The section is now generally recognized as belonging to Prunus subg. Prunus.[2]
Species attributed to this section include:
- P. alleghaniensis Porter
- P. americana Marshall
- P. angustifolia Marshall
- P. geniculata R.M.Harper
- P. gracilis Engelm. & A.Gray
- P. hortulana L.H.Bailey
- P. maritima Marshall
- P. mexicana S.Watson
- P. munsoniana Wight & Hedrick
- P. murrayana E.J.Palmer
- P. nigra Aiton
- P. × orthosepala Koehne
- P. × palmeri Sarg.
- P. rivularis Scheele
- P. × slavinii Palmer ex Rehder
- P. subcordata Benth.
- P. texana D.Dietr.
- P. umbellata Elliott[3]
- ^ Koehne, 1893 Deutsche dendrologie pp 302, 305, 310-313. Stuttgart: Verlag von Ferdinand Enke. 1893
- ^ Shaw, J.; Small, R.L. (2005). "Chloroplast DNA phylogeny and phylogeography of the North American Plums (Prunus subgenus Prunus section Prunocerasus, Rosaceae)". Am. J. Bot. 92 (12): 2011–30. doi:10.3732/ajb.92.12.2011. JSTOR 4125535.
- ^ "GRIN Species Records of Prunus sect. Prunocerasus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2013-01-31.