Summary
Place of publication:
Cherries Japan 28. 1916
Verified:
05/17/2011
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Chang, K.-S. et al. 2007. Reconsideration of the Prunus serrulata complex (Rosaceae) and related taxa in eastern Asia. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 154:35-54.
- Forest Experimental Station, Korea. Illustrated woody plants of Korea. 1966
- Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
- Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu). 1977-1982
- Krüssmann, G. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). 1984
- Lee, S. & J. Wen. 2001. A phylogenetic analysis of Prunus and the Amygdaloideae (Rosaceae) using ITS sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA. Amer. J. Bot. 88:150-160.
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
- Ohta, S. et al. 2006. Genetic characterization of flowering cherries (Prunus subgenus Cerasus) using rpl16-rpl14 spacer sequences of chloroplast DNA. J. Jap. Soc. Hort. Sci. 75:72-78.
- Ohta, S. et al. 2006. Genetic characterization of flowering cherries (Prunus subgenus Cerasus) using rpl16-rpl14 spacer sequences of chloroplast DNA. J. Jap. Soc. Hort. Sci. 75:72-78.
- Ohwi, J. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). 1965
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Rehder, A. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. 1949
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Common names
English
hill cherry – Japanese mountain cherry – Japanese Rōmaji
yama-zakura –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Anhui | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guizhou | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Heilongjiang | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hubei | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Hunan | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jiangxi | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Shandong | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Zhejiang | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Honshu | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Kyushu | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Shikoku | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Korea | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Anhui, Zhejiang, Heilongjiang, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Shandong]
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EASTERN ASIA:
Korea, Japan [Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku]
Cultivated
()
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | erosion control | | Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 |
| Environmental | ornamental | | Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=30106.
Accessed 16 December 2025.