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Taxon:
Prunus virginiana
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Prunus
Subgenus:
Cerasus
Section:
Laurocerasus
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Amygdaleae
Nomen number:
30151
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:473. 1753, nom. cons. prop.
Comment:
[a pending conservation proposal, if adopted, will preserve its current usage]
proposed for conservation (nom. cons. prop.) with a conserved type (Melbourne ICN Art. 14.9)
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
05/20/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Prunus virginiana
L. var.
demissa
(Nutt.) Torr.
(0 active accession[s])
Prunus virginiana
L. var.
virginiana
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson.
Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Note:
based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
http://www.skud.info
Applequist, W. L.
2013. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 65. Taxon 62:1316.
Note:
proposal not recommended, considered unnecessary
Aradhya, M. K. et al.
2004. Molecular characterization of variability and relationships among seven cultivated and selected wild species of
Prunus
L. using amplified fragment length polymorphism. Sci. Hort. 103:131-144.
Bortiri, E. et al.
2001. Phylogeny and systematics of
Prunus
(Rosaceae) as determined by sequence analysis of ITS and the chloroplast trnL-trnF spacer DNA. Syst. Bot. 26:797-807.
Note:
this study recognized this species as a member of subgenus
Padus
Bortiri, E. et al.
2006. Phylogenetic analysis of morphology in
Prunus
reveals extensive homoplasy. Pl. Syst. Evol. 259:53-71.
Note:
this study confirmed that
Prunus virginiana
is closer to members of
Laurocerasus
Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson.
Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998
Note:
poisonous
Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston.
Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. 1970
Cronquist, A. et al.
Intermountain flora. 1972-
Duke, J. A. et al.
CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
Erhardt, W. et al.
Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
Gandhi, K. N. et al.
2009. (1886-1887) Proposals to conserve the names
Prunus serotina
and
P. virginiana
(
Rosaceae
) with conserved types. Taxon 58:312-314.
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Gilbert, L.
1998. pers. comm.
Note:
re. common names, as
P. virginiana melanocarpa
Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist.
Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. 1963
Hancock, J. F. et al.
2008. Chapter 9. Peaches. Temperate fruit crop breeding: germplasm to genomics. 2008 265-298.
Note:
this review cited
Prunus virginiana
among those species "that have been hybridized with
P. persica
"
Hitchcock, C. L. et al.
Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. 1955-1969
Iezzoni, A. et al.
1990. Cherries (
Prunus
). Acta Hort. 190:111-173.
Note:
this review cited
Prunus virginiana
as one of the species tested for its frost resistance trait for sour cherry
IPGRI.
New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/databases/new_world_fruits_database/search.html
Kalinina, A. et al.
2007. Susceptibility of ornamental
Prunus
to plum pox potyvirus infection. Acta Hort. 738:601-605.
Note:
this study tested an ornamental cultivar of
Prunus virginiana
that was found to be partially resistant to the virus
Kartesz, J. T.
A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994
Note:
with three varieties
Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles.
Arizona flora, ed. 2. 1969
Kingsbury, J. M.
Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964
Note:
poisonous
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
Hortus third. 1976
Little, E. L., Jr.
Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. 1979
Little, E. L., Jr.
Important forest trees of the United States. 1978
Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins.
A flora of New Mexico. 1980
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Note:
American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
Moss, E. H. & J. G. Packer.
Flora of Alberta, ed. 2. 1983
Munro, D. B.
Canadian poisonous plants information system (on-line resource).
http://www.cbif.gc.ca/pls/pp/poison?p_x=px
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Porsild, A. E. & W. J. Cody.
Vascular plants of continental Northwest Territories, Canada. 1980
Radford, A. E. et al.
Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. 1964
Rehm, S.
Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
Rohrer, J. R.
2011.
Prunus
(Rosaceae). Flora of North America. 1993- 9: in press.
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Scoggan, H. J.
The flora of Canada, 4 vol. 1978-1979
Steyermark, J. A.
Flora of Missouri. 1977
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds.
Flora europaea. 1964-1980
Walters, S. M. et al., eds.
European garden flora. 1986-
Common names
English
bitter-berry –
Reference(s)
chokecherry –
Reference(s)
Virginia bird cherry –
Reference(s)
French
cerisier de Virginie –
Reference(s)
German
virginischer Traubenkirschbaum –
Reference(s)
Spanish
cerezo de Virginia –
Reference(s)
Swedish
virginiahägg –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Eastern Canada
Canada
New Brunswick
1
Native
Northern America
Eastern Canada
Canada
Newfoundland
1
Native
Northern America
Eastern Canada
Canada
Nova Scotia
1
Native
Northern America
Eastern Canada
Canada
Ontario
1
Native
Northern America
Eastern Canada
Canada
Quebec
s.
1
Native
Northern America
North-Central U.S.A.
United States
Illinois
1
Native
Northern America
North-Central U.S.A.
United States
Iowa
1
Native
Northern America
North-Central U.S.A.
United States
Kansas
1
Native
Northern America
North-Central U.S.A.
United States
Minnesota
1
Native
Northern America
North-Central U.S.A.
United States
Missouri
1
Native
Northern America
North-Central U.S.A.
United States
Nebraska
1
Native
Northern America
North-Central U.S.A.
United States
North Dakota
1
Native
Northern America
North-Central U.S.A.
United States
Oklahoma
http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/shrub/prun-vir.htm
1
Native
Northern America
North-Central U.S.A.
United States
South Dakota
1
Native
Northern America
North-Central U.S.A.
United States
Wisconsin
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Connecticut
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Indiana
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Maine
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Massachusetts
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Michigan
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
New Hampshire
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
New Jersey
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
New York
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Ohio
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Pennsylvania
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Rhode Island
1
Native
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A.
United States
Vermont
1
Native
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A.
United States
Colorado
1
Native
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A.
United States
Idaho
1
Native
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A.
United States
Montana
1
Native
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A.
United States
Oregon
1
Native
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A.
United States
Washington
1
Native
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A.
United States
Wyoming
1
Native
Northern America
South-Central U.S.A.
United States
New Mexico
1
Native
Northern America
South-Central U.S.A.
United States
Texas
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Kentucky
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Maryland
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
North Carolina
w.
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Tennessee
http://tenn.bio.utk.edu/vascular/database/vascular-database.asp?CategoryID=Dicots&FamilyID=Rosaceae&GenusID=Prunus&SpeciesID=virginiana
1
Native
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Virginia
1
Native
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A.
United States
Arizona
1
Native
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A.
United States
California
1
Native
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A.
United States
Nevada
1
Native
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A.
United States
Utah
1
Native
Northern America
Subarctic America
Canada
Northwest Territory
s.w.
1
Native
Northern America
Western Canada
Canada
Alberta
1
Native
Northern America
Western Canada
Canada
British Columbia
1
Native
Northern America
Western Canada
Canada
Manitoba
1
Native
Northern America
Western Canada
Canada
Saskatchewan
Native
Northern America
EASTERN CANADA:
Canada
[New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec (s.)]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States
[Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma (http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/shrub/prun-vir.htm), South Dakota, Wisconsin]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States
[New Mexico, Texas]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina (w.), Tennessee (http://tenn.bio.utk.edu/vascular/database/vascular-database.asp?CategoryID=Dicots&FamilyID=Rosaceae&GenusID=Prunus&SpeciesID=virginiana), Virginia]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
SUBARCTIC AMERICA:
Canada
[Northwest Territory (s.w.)]
WESTERN CANADA:
Canada
[Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan]
Economic Uses
Environmental
Materials
wood (veneer fide AH 519) –
Reference(s)
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Reference(s)
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Kingsbury; Cooper & Johnson ed2) –
Reference(s)
Name
References
Economic Uses