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Prunus sp.

genus Prunus Linnaeus (1753)

• Modern species: Late Cretaceous - Present (99.7 - 0.0 Ma)

• Classification
• kingdom Plantae, Angiosperms, order Rosales, family Rosaceae

• Distribution
• Miocene: Miyagi, Tottori
• Pliocene: Hokkaido
• Pliocene-Pleistocene: Nagano, Mie
• Pleistocene: Nagano, Toyama, Tochigi, Saitama, Kyoto

• Subtaxa
• P. apetala, Clove cherry
• P. subgenus Cerasus, Cherry blossom
• P. jamasakura
• P. leveilleana
• P. maximowiczii, Miyama cherry
• P. nipponica, Japanese alpine cherry
• P. rubeshibensis
• P. salicina, Japanese plum
• P. sargentii, Sargent's cherry
• P. spinulosa
• P. ssiori, Japanese bird cherry