Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Tracheophytes
• Clade: Angiosperms
• Clade: Eudicots
• Clade: Superrosids
• Clade: Rosids
• Clade: Fabids
• Order: Rosales
• Family: Rosaceae
• Subfamily: Amygdaloideae
• Tribe: Amygdaleae
• Genus: Prunus
• Species: Prunus cerasus

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable

Notes

Possible confusion with P. avium (L.) L., 1755, whose fruits are sweet at maturity, while those of P. cerasus are acidic.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• P. cerasus var. acida (Ehrh.) Willd., 1796: Cultivar group ‘Morello’, dark-red flesh, M;
• P. cerasus var. caproniana L., 1753: Cultivar group ‘Amarelle’, light-red flesh, M;
• P. cerasus var. cerasus L., 1753, I.

Photographs

Sources

• Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 994). Biotope.