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Taxon:  Prunus serrulata Lindl.



Summary
Genus:
Prunus
Subgenus:
Cerasus
Section:
Cerasus
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Amygdaleae
Nomen number:
30103
Place of publication:
Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7:238. 1828 ("1830")
Comment:
date of publication from K. Gandhi (pers. comm. via e-mail on 11 Jul 2012)
Verified:
05/17/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Prunus serrulata Lindl. var. lannesiana (Carriere) Makino (0 active accession[s])
Prunus serrulata Lindl. var. pubescens (Makino) Nakai (0 active accession[s])
Prunus serrulata Lindl. var. serrulata (0 active accession[s])
Prunus serrulata Lindl. var. spontanea (Maxim.) E. H. Wilson (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Prunus tenuiflora Koehne
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Reference(s)
  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  4. Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980
  5. Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
  6. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  7. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
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  9. Forest Experimental Station, Korea. Illustrated woody plants of Korea. 1966
  10. Ghora, C. & G. Panigrahi. 1984. Rosaceae: genus Prunus. Fascicles of flora of India. 1978- 18:25.
  11. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  12. Iezzoni, A. et al. 1990. Cherries (Prunus). Acta Hort. 190:111-173.
  13. Jiangsu Inst. Bot., ed. v. 1; Shan. R. H., ed. v. 2. Jiangsu Zhiwuzhi (Flora of Jiangsu). 1977-1982
  14. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  15. Pandey, A. et al. 2008. Genetic resources of Prunus (Rosaceae) in India. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 55:91-104.
  16. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  17. Steward, A. N. Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze valley. 1958
  18. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
  19. Yu, T. T. 1979. Taxonomy of Chinese pomology. 67.
Common names
English
Japanese cherry –
Oriental cherry –
French
cerisier des collines –
German
Grannenkirsche –
japanische Blütenkirsche –
Swedish
japanskt prydnadskörsbär –
Transcribed Chinese
shan ying hua –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaAnhui 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHebei 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHeilongjiang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHenan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHubei 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHunan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangsu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaLiaoning 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShandong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShanxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHokkaido 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHonshu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanKyushu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanShikoku 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea, North  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea, South  
2Cultivated     
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Anhui, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Zhejiang]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku], Korea, South, Korea, North
Cultivated ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Pandey, A. et al. 2008. Genetic resources of Prunus (Rosaceae) in India. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 55:91-104.
Materialswood Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980
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=30103. Accessed 17 December 2025.

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