Prunus avium
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Prunus avium, commonly cried gean, is a species o cherry, a flouerin plant in the rose faimily Rosaceae. It is native tae Europe, Anatolie, Maghreb, an wastren Asie, frae the Breetish Isles[2] sooth tae Morocco an Tunisie, north tae the Trondheimsfjord region in Norawa an east tae the Caucasus an northren Iran, wi a smaw isolatit population in the wastren Himalaya.[3] The species is widely cultivatit in ither regions an haes acome naituralised in North Americae an Australie.[4][5][6]
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Prunus avium | |
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Gean foliage an fruit | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Faimily: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Prunus |
Subgenus: | Cerasus |
Species: | P. avium |
Binomial name | |
Prunus avium L. 1755 nae Franch. 1890 | |
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Synonyms[1] | |
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