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Dwarf Cherries
Microcerasus
Prunus sect. Microcerasus is a section of Prunus. It used to be included in Prunus subg. Cerasus, but phylogenetic research indicates it belongs to Prunus subg. Prunus. It differs from Prunus subg. Cerasus by having three winter buds per axil.
15 branches of this group, most-observed first
sand cherry
speciesPrunus pumila
Nanking Cherry
speciesPrunus tomentosa
Mountain Cherry
speciesPrunus prostrata
Susquehana Sandcherry
speciesPrunus susquehanae
Flowering Almond
speciesPrunus glandulosa
willow leaf cherry
speciesPrunus incana
Japanese bush cherry
speciesPrunus japonica
Prunus pogonostyla
speciesPrunus pogonostyla
Chinese dwarf cherry
speciesPrunus humilis
Prunus tianshanica
speciesPrunus tianshanica
small-fruited cherry
speciesPrunus microcarpa
Prunus erythrocarpa
speciesPrunus erythrocarpa
Kurdish mountain cherry
speciesPrunus brachypetala
Prunus bifrons
speciesPrunus bifrons
Prunus tortuosa
speciesPrunus tortuosa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1205924.