Taxon: Prunus padus L.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Prunus padus var. commutata (1 accessions)
• Prunus padus var. glauca (no accessions)
• Prunus padus var. laxa (no accessions)
• Prunus padus var. padus (no accessions)
• Prunus padus var. pubescens (no accessions)
• Prunus padus var. seoulensis (no accessions)

Common names:

• bird cherry   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• European bird cherry   (Source: Trees US ) – English
  
• merisier à grappes   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – French
  
• gewöhnliche Traubenkirsche   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – German
  
• Traubenkirsche   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German
  
• pado   (Source: Mult Glossary Trees ) – Italian
  
• ezo-no-uwamizu-sakura   (Source: F JapanOhwi ) – Japanese Rōmaji
  
• gwirungnamu   (Source: F Korea ) – Transcribed Korean
  
• hägg   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Bee plants: honey production   (fide F USSR)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Krussmann)
  
• Human food: fruit   (fide F USSR)
  
• Gene sources: disease resistance for sour cherry   (through graft stock fide Acta Hort 190:122. 1990)
  
• Gene sources: graft stock relative for sour cherry   (fide Hort Sci (Prague) 29:133. 2002)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Morocco
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Georgia
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Eastern Siberia, Western Siberia
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan
  Mongolia: Mongolia
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Far East
  China: China - Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Monggol, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Xinjiang
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido; Korea
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Slovakia; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Croatia; Italy; Montenegro; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France; Portugal; Spain

• naturalized elsewhere

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Blazková, J. & I. Hlusicková. 2002. Testing of wood hardiness to winter freezes in selections from progenies of Cerapadus × Prunus avium L. crosses. Hort. Sci. 29:133–142.
• 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. [this study found Prunus padus in a well supported group representing subgenus Padus].
• CGC Prunus. 2010. Prunus vulnerability statement - 2010. 16. [this species is recognized as of medium priority].
• Clapham, A. R. et al. 1962. Flora of the British Isles ed. 2.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. [= Padus avium Mill.].
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• Forest Experimental Station, Korea. 1966. Illustrated woody plants of Korea.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Iezzoni, A. et al. 1990. Cherries (Prunus). Acta Hort. 190:111–173. [this review cited Prunus padus as having potential as graft stock for cherry].
• International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
• Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931–1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc.
• Kitagawa, M. 1979. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. [= Padus racemosus Lam.].
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
• Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541.
• Ma, H. et al. 2009. Evaluation of flowering cherry species, hybrids, and cultivars using simple sequence repeat markers. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 134:435–444.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rohrer, J. R. 2011. Prunus (Rosaceae). In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. 9: in press.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). [= Padus avium Mill.].

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Prunus padus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Prunus padus.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Prunus padus.

Synonyms:

• Padus avium Mill. [= Prunus padus var. padus]
  
• (=) Padus racemosa (Lam.) C. K. Schneid.
  
• (=) Prunus racemosa Lam.
  
• Prunus seoulensis H. Lév. [≡ Prunus padus var. seoulensis]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Prunus padus L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Prunus padus cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Stone: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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