Taxonavigation

Familia: Rosaceae
Subfamilia: Amygdaloideae
Tribus: Amygdaleae
Genus: Prunus
Subgenus: P. subg. Cerasus
Nothospecies: Prunus × yedoensis
Cultivars: P. y. 'Jindai-akebono' – P. y. 'Somei-yoshino'

Name

Prunus × yedoensis Matsum., Bot. Mag. [Tokyo] 15(174): 100 (1901).

Formula hybridae: Prunus itosakura Siebold × Prunus speciosa (Koidz.) Nakai

Hybrids

• Prunus × juddii E.S.Anderson

References

• Li, M., Song, Y-F., Sylvester, S.P. & Wang, X-R. 2022. Comparative analysis of the complete plastid genomes in Prunus subgenus Cerasus (Rosaceae): Molecular structures and phylogenetic relationships. PLoS ONE 17(4): 1932–6203. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266535 Reference page. 

• Cho, M.-S., Kim, C.-S., Kim, S.-H. & Kim, S.-C. 2016. [Comparative phylogenetic relationship between wild and cultivated Prunus yedoensis Matsum. (Rosaceae) with regard to Taquet's collection]. Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy 46(2): 247–255. DOI: 10.11110/kjpt.2016.46.2.247 . [in Korean]. Reference page. 

• Fujino, K. 1900. Ueno-kôen ôka no shurui [Species of flowering cherries in Ueno Park]. Nihon Engeikai Zasshi [Journal of Japan Horticulture Society] (92): 1–8. Reference page. 

• Iketani, H., Katsuki, T. & Kawahara, T. 2006. Prunus × yedoensis 'Somei-yoshino', a Correct Cultivar Name for Yoshino Cherry. The Journal of Japanese Botany 81(2): 123–125. JJB (PDF) Reference page. 

• Masamune, G. & Suzuki, S. 1936. Nomenclature of Cerasus in Japan. Journal of the Taihoku Society of Agriculture and Forestry 1(3): 316–318. [in Japanese] Reference page. 

• Matsumura, J. 1901. Cerasi Japonicae duae Species novae. The Botanical Magazine [Tokyo] 15(174): 99–101. DOI: 10.15281/jplantres1887.15.174_99 J-Stage (PDF) Reference page. 

• Vassiljev, A.V. (Васильев, А.В.) 1957 ['1956']. Флора деревьев и кустарников субтропиков Западной Грузии: Т. 3. Calycanthaceae – Euphorbiaceae. [Flora of trees and shrubs of the subtropics of Western Georgia. 3.], Trudy Sukhumskogo Botanicheskogo Sada (Труды Сухумского ботанического сада) 10C: 11–234. Caucasian flora conspectus Reference page. 

• Yu, T.T. (Yu, D.J.) & Li, C.L. 1986. Cerasus Mill. In Yu, T.T. (ed.), Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae 38: 41–89. FRPS (PDF) Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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