Prunus

Taxonomy ID: 3754 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:3754)

current name

Prunus  L., 1753

NCBI BLAST name: eudicots
Rank: genus
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Mitochondrial genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Other names:

heterotypic synonym

Prunus subg. Armeniaca  (Scop.) Nakai

heterotypic synonym

Prunus subg. Amygdalus  (L.) Focke

heterotypic synonym

Amygdalus  L., 1753

heterotypic synonym

Armeniaca  Scop., 1754

heterotypic synonym

Cerasus  Mill., 1754

heterotypic synonym

Maddenia  Hook.f. & Thomson, 1854

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; fabids; Rosales; Rosaceae; Amygdaloideae; Amygdaleae

Comments and References:

Jepson Flora Project - Prunus Jepson Flora Project. 2012 (v. 1.0). Jepson eFlora, Prunus, Rohrer JR, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/IJM.html

Bortiri E et al. 2006 Bortiri E, Vanden Heuvel B, Potter D. 2006. Phylogenetic analysis of morphology in Prunus reveals extensive homoplasy. Plant Systematics and Evolution 259(1): 53-71. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-006-0427-8

Wen J et al. 2008 Wen J, Berggen ST, Lee C-H, Ickert-Bond S, Yi T-S, Yoo K-O, Xie L, Shaw J & Potter D. 2008. Phylogenetic inferences in Prunus (Rosaceae) using chloroplast ndhF and nuclear ribosomal ITS sequences. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 46: 322-332.

Yazbek M & Oh S-H 2013 Yazbek M & Oh S-H. 2013. Peaches and almonds: Phylogeny of Prunus subg. Amygdalus (Rosaceae) based on DNA sequences and phylogeny. Plant Systematics and Evolution 299: 403-418. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-013-0802-1

GRIN (Dec 30, 2013) Name accessed on 30 December 2013 in: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.

The Plant List - Prunus

Chin S-W et al. 2014 Chin S-W, Shaw J, Haberle R, Wen J and Potter D. 2014. Diversification of almonds, peaches, plums and cherries - Molecular systematics and biogeographic history of Prunus (Rosaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 76: 34-48. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.024