Wild Cherry
Wild Cherry foliage and fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Rosales Family: Rosaceae Subfamily: Prunoideae Genus: Prunus Subgenus: Cerasus Species: P. avium
Binomial name
Prunus avium L.

The Wild Cherry (Prunus avium) is a species of Cherry, native to western Asia and brought to Europe by the Roman consul Lucius Licinius Lucullus (118-56 BC) (also known as the Sweet Cherry). It is a species in the subgenus Cerasus with flowers in corymbs, and is a deciduous tree growing to 15-32 m tall. It is the species from which most sweet cherry cultivars are derived. In addition, Prunus serotina is also called Wild Cherry. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2126x2136, 2726 KB) Prunus avium fruit; Northumberland, UK; 14 August 2006 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Wild Cherry ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta—liverworts Anthocerotophyta—hornworts Bryophyta—mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) †Rhyniophyta—rhyniophytes †Zosterophyllophyta—zosterophylls Lycopodiophyta—clubmosses †Trimerophytophyta—trimerophytes Pteridophyta—ferns and horsetails Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta—seed ferns Pinophyta—conifers Cycadophyta—cycads Ginkgophyta—ginkgo Gnetophyta—gnetae Magnoliophyta—flowering plants... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. ... Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class: this name is formed by replacing the termination -aceae in the name Magnoliaceae by the termination -opsida (Art 16 of the ICBN). ... Families Barbeyaceae Cannabaceae (hemp family) Dirachmaceae Elaeagnaceae Moraceae (mulberry family) Rosaceae (rose family) Rhamnaceae (buckthorn family) Ulmaceae (elm family) Urticaceae (nettle family) For the Philippine municipality, see Rosales, Pangasinan. ... Subfamilies Rosoideae Spiraeoideae Maloideae Amygdaloideae or Prunoideae The Rosaceae or rose family is a large family of plants, with about 3,000-4,000 species in 100-120 genera. ... Genera Prunus Prinsepia Prunoideae, also called Amygdaloideae, is the subfamily containing the genera Prunus and Prinsepia. ... Species Prunus alabamensis Prunus alleghaniensis Prunus americana Prunus andersonii Prunus angustifolia Prunus armeniaca Prunus avium Prunus caroliniana Prunus cerasifera Prunus cerasus Prunus domestica Prunus dulcis Prunus emarginata Prunus fasciculata Prunus fremontii Prunus fruticosa Prunus geniculata Prunus glandulosa Prunus gracilis Prunus grayana Prunus havardii Prunus hortulana Prunus ilicifolia Prunus japonica Prunus... “Cherry tree” redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Carl Linnaeus, Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as  , (May 23, 1707[1] – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[2] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ... “Cherry tree” redirects here. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... World map showing the location of Europe. ... Lucius Licinius Lucullus (c. ... “Cherry tree” redirects here. ... A Phalaenopsis flower Rudbeckia fulgida A flower, (<Old French flo(u)r<Latin florem<flos), also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). ... White-fruited Rowan (Sorbus glabrescens) corymb; note the branched structure A panicle is a compound raceme; a branched, indeterminate inflorescence with pedicellate flowers (and fruit) attached along the secondary branches (in another words, a branched cluster of flowers in which the branches are racemes). ... Deciduous means temporary or tending to fall off (deriving from the Latin word decidere, to fall off) and is typically used in reference to trees or shrubs that lose their leaves seasonally. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth. ... This Osteospermum Pink Whirls is a successful cultivar. ... Binomial name Prunus serotina Ehrh. ...

Red glands (extrafloral nectaries) on the petiole, distinctive sign of Prunus avium

The leaves are simple, 7-14 cm long, with a serrated margin and shows 2 little red "bags" on the petiole. The fruit are 1-2 cm in diameter, variably sweet to somewhat astringent and bitter to eat fresh; they are also readily eaten by birds. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 572 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1143 pixel, file size: 129 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 572 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1143 pixel, file size: 129 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A petiole (also called a pedicel) is the first abdominal segment of members of the Apocrita. ... “Foliage” redirects here. ... A petiole (also called a pedicel) is the first abdominal segment of members of the Apocrita. ... For other uses, see Fruit (disambiguation). ... i suck A bottle of tannic acid, an astringent Astringent medicines cause shrinkage of mucous membranes or exposed tissues and are often used internally to check discharge of blood serum or mucous secretions. ... “Aves” redirects here. ...

It is also sometimes known as Gean or Mazzard, both obsolete names little used as common names in modern English, though more recently, 'Mazzard' also refers to a selected self fertile cultivar that comes true from seed, which is used as a seedling rootstock for fruiting cultivars. Grafted apple tree Malus sp. ...

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Foliage and immature fruit Image File history File links Download high resolution version (935x1296, 189 KB) Prunus avium ripening fruit - photo MPF File links The following pages link to this file: Cherry ...

Seeds Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 689 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1350 × 1174 pixel, file size: 242 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Dr Russell Sharp Lancaster Environment Centre Lancaster University Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU...

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Flowers Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1321x2048, 355 KB) Kirschblüten, selbst aufgenommen File links The following pages link to this file: Wild Cherry ...

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