![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Prunus_avium_fruit.jpg/640px-Prunus_avium_fruit.jpg&w=640&q=50)
Prunus avium
Species of flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prunus avium, commonly called wild cherry,[3] sweet cherry [3] or gean [3] is a species of cherry, a flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is native to Europe, Anatolia, Maghreb, and Western Asia, from the British Isles[4] south to Morocco and Tunisia, north to the Trondheimsfjord region in Norway and east to the Caucasus and northern Iran, with a small isolated population in the western Himalaya.[5] The species is widely cultivated in other regions and has become naturalized in North America, New Zealand and Australia.[6][7][8]
Quick Facts Prunus avium, Conservation status ...
Prunus avium | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Prunus |
Subgenus: | Prunus subg. Cerasus |
Section: | P. sect. Cerasus |
Species: | P. avium |
Binomial name | |
Prunus avium | |
![]() | |
Distribution map | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Close
Prunus avium has a diploid set of sixteen chromosomes (2n = 16).[9] All parts of the plant except for the ripe fruit are slightly toxic, containing cyanogenic glycosides.