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Prunus (plum)
Taxonomy
Prunus was named by Linnaeus (1753). It is extant.
It was assigned to Drupaceae by Knowlton (1919) and Knowlton (1926); and to Rosaceae by Brown (1959), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Suzuki (1984), Chauhan (1991), Srivastava (1991) and Liu et al. (1996).
It was assigned to Drupaceae by Knowlton (1919) and Knowlton (1926); and to Rosaceae by Brown (1959), Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Suzuki (1984), Chauhan (1991), Srivastava (1991) and Liu et al. (1996).
Species
P. acutifolia, P. antecedens, P. ascendentiporulosa, P. careyhurstia, P. cerasoides, P. coloradensis, P. cornuta, P. cretacea, P. dakotensis, P. iwatense, P. masoni, P. merriami, P. moragensis, P. nabortensis, P. palaeozippeliana, P. perita, P. polyporulosa, P. preandersonii, P. prefasciculata, P. prefremontii, P. rustii, P. tufacea, P. uviporulosa, P. variabilis, P. wadiai
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1753 | Prunus Linnaeus |
| 1919 | Prunus Knowlton |
| 1926 | Prunus Knowlton |
| 1959 | Prunus Brown p. 128 |
| 1976 | Prunus Lakhanpal et al. |
| 1984 | Prunus Suzuki |
| 1991 | Prunus Chauhan |
| 1991 | Prunus Srivastava |
| 1996 | Prunus Liu et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Prunus Linnaeus 1753 [plum]
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†Prunus acutifolia Newberry 1895
†Prunus antecedens Lesquereux 1891
†Prunus ascendentiporulosa Suzuki 1984
†Prunus careyhurstia Brown 1962
Prunus cerasoides Don 1825
†Prunus coloradensis Knowlton 1918
Prunus cornuta Wallich 1841
†Prunus cretacea Lesquereux 1868
†Prunus dakotensis Lesquereux 1883
†Prunus iwatense Watari 1941
†Prunus masoni LaMotte 1936
†Prunus merriami Knowlton 1902
†Prunus moragensis Axelrod 1944
†Prunus nabortensis Berry 1916
†Prunus palaeozippeliana Suzuki 1984
†Prunus perita Brown 1962
†Prunus polyporulosa Suzuki 1984
†Prunus preandersonii Axelrod 1937
†Prunus prefasciculata Axelrod 1939
†Prunus prefremontii Axelrod 1937
†Prunus rustii Knowlton 1926
†Prunus tufacea Knowlton 1902
†Prunus uviporulosa Suzuki 1984
†Prunus variabilis Newberry 1882
†Prunus wadiai Guleria and Lakhanpal 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available