Editing Cherry (section)

== Botany ==
=== True cherries ===
{{main|Prunus subg. Cerasus|l1=''Prunus'' subg. ''Cerasus''}}
[[File:Italienische Süßkirschen.JPG|thumb|''[[Prunus avium]]'', sweet cherry]]
[[File:Black Che.jpg|thumb|''[[Prunus cerasus|P. cerasus]]'', sour cherry]]
[[File:Stablo trešnje Germersdorfer u cvatu.jpg|thumb|Germersdorfer variety cherry tree in blossom]]

''Prunus'' subg. ''Cerasus'' contains species that are typically called cherries. They are known as true cherries<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Shi|first1=Shuo|last2=Li|first2=Jinlu|last3=Sun|first3=Jiahui|last4=Yu|first4=Jing|last5=Zhou|first5=Shiliang|date=2013|title=Phylogeny and Classification of Prunus sensu lato (Rosaceae)|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jipb.12095|journal=Journal of Integrative Plant Biology|language=en|volume=55|issue=11|pages=1069–1079|doi=10.1111/jipb.12095|pmid=23945216|issn=1744-7909|url-access=subscription}}</ref> and distinguished by having a single winter [[Axillary bud|bud per axil]], by having the [[flower]]s in small [[corymb]]s or [[umbel]]s of several together (occasionally solitary, e.g. [[Prunus serrula|''P.&nbsp;serrula'']]; some species with short [[raceme]]s, e.g. ''[[Prunus maackii|P.&nbsp;maacki]]''), and by having smooth fruit with no obvious groove.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=''Cerasus'' in Flora of China|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=106151|access-date=2021-02-14|website=eFloras.org}}</ref> Examples of true cherries are:
* ''[[Prunus apetala]]'' (Siebold & Zucc.) Franch. & Sav. – clove cherry
* ''[[Prunus avium]]'' (L.) L. – sweet cherry, wild cherry, mazzard or gean
* ''[[Prunus campanulata]]'' Maxim. – Taiwan cherry, Formosan cherry or bell-flowered cherry
* ''[[Prunus canescens]]'' Bois. – grey-leaf cherry
* ''[[Prunus cerasus]]'' L. – sour cherry
* ''[[Prunus emarginata]]'' (Douglas ex Hook.) Walp. – Oregon cherry or bitter cherry
* ''[[Prunus fruticosa]]'' Pall. – European dwarf cherry, dwarf cherry, Mongolian cherry or steppe cherry
* ''[[Prunus incisa]]'' Thunb. – Fuji cherry
* ''[[Prunus jamasakura]]'' Siebold ex Koidz. – Japanese mountain cherry or Japanese hill cherry
* ''[[Prunus leveilleana]]'' (Koidz.) Koehne – Korean mountain cherry
* ''[[Prunus maackii]]'' Rupr. – Manchurian cherry or Amur chokecherry
* ''[[Prunus mahaleb]]'' L. – Saint Lucie cherry, rock cherry, perfumed cherry or mahaleb cherry
* ''[[Prunus maximowiczii]]'' Rupr. – Miyama cherry or Korean cherry
* ''[[Prunus nipponica]]'' Matsum. – Takane cherry, peak cherry or Japanese alpine cherry
* ''[[Prunus pensylvanica]]'' L.f. – pin cherry, fire cherry, or wild red cherry
* ''[[Prunus pseudocerasus]]'' Lindl. – Chinese sour cherry or Chinese cherry
* ''[[Prunus rufa]]'' Wall ex Hook.f. – Himalayan cherry
* ''[[Prunus rufoides]]'' C.K.Schneid. – tailed-leaf cherry
* ''[[Prunus sargentii]]'' Rehder – northern Japanese hill cherry, northern Japanese mountain cherry or Sargent's cherry
* ''[[Prunus serrula]]'' Franch. – paperbark cherry, birch bark cherry or Tibetan cherry
* ''[[Prunus serrulata]]'' Lindl. – Japanese cherry, hill cherry, Oriental cherry or East Asian cherry
* ''[[Prunus speciosa]]'' (Koidz.) Ingram – Oshima cherry
* ''[[Prunus takesimensis]]'' Nakai – Ulleungdo cherry
* ''[[Prunus yedoensis]]'' Matsum. – Yoshino cherry or Tokyo cherry

=== Bush cherries ===
{{main|Prunus sect. Microcerasus}}
[[File:Вишня войлочная 04.jpg|thumb|upright|''[[Prunus tomentosa]]'', Nanking cherry (a bush cherry species)]]
Bush cherries are characterized by having three winter buds per axil.<ref name=":1" /> They used to be included in ''Prunus'' subg. ''Cerasus'', but phylogenetic research indicates they should be a section of [[Prunus subg. Prunus|''Prunus'' subg. ''Prunus'']].<ref name=":0" /> Examples of bush cherries are:
* ''[[Prunus cistena]]'' Koehne – purple-leaf sand cherry
* ''[[Prunus humilis]]'' Bunge – Chinese plum-cherry or humble bush cherry
* ''[[Prunus japonica]]'' Thunb. – Korean cherry
* ''[[Prunus prostrata]]'' Labill. – mountain cherry, rock cherry, spreading cherry or prostrate cherry
* ''[[Prunus pumila]]'' L. – sand cherry
* ''[[Prunus tomentosa]]'' Thunb. – Nanking cherry, Manchu cherry, downy cherry, Shanghai cherry, Ando cherry, mountain cherry, Chinese dwarf cherry, Chinese bush cherry

=== Bird cherries, cherry laurels, and other racemose cherries ===
{{main|Prunus subg. Padus}}
[[File:Prunus ilicifolia ne1.jpg|thumb|''[[Prunus ilicifolia]]'', hollyleaf cherry (a cherry laurel species)]]
[[File:20140808Prunus serotina2.jpg|thumb|''[[Prunus serotina]]'', black cherry (a bird cherry species)]]
[[Prunus subg. Padus|''Prunus'' subg. ''Padus'']] contains most racemose species that are called cherries which used to be included in the genera ''Padus'' (bird cherries), ''Laurocerasus'' (cherry laurels), ''Pygeum'' (tropical species such as African cherry) and ''Maddenia''.<ref name=":0" /> Examples of the racemose cherries are:
* ''[[Prunus africana]]'' (Hook.f.) Kalkman – African cherry
* ''[[Prunus caroliniana]]'' Aiton – Carolina laurel cherry or laurel cherry
* ''[[Prunus cornuta]]'' (Wall. ex Royle) Steud. – Himalayan bird cherry
* ''[[Prunus grayana]]'' Maxim. – Japanese bird cherry or Gray's bird cherry
* ''[[Prunus ilicifolia]]'' (Nutt. ex Hook. & Arn.) Walp. – hollyleaf cherry, evergreen cherry, holly-leaved cherry or islay
* ''[[Prunus laurocerasus]]'' L. – cherry laurel
* ''[[Prunus lyonii]]'' (Eastw.) Sarg. – Catalina Island cherry
* ''[[Prunus myrtifolia]]'' (L.) Urb. – West Indian cherry
* ''[[Prunus napaulensis]]'' (Ser.) Steud. – Nepal bird cherry
* ''[[Prunus occidentalis]]'' Sw. – western cherry laurel
* ''[[Prunus padus]]'' L. – bird cherry or European bird cherry
* ''[[Prunus pleuradenia]]'' Griseb. – Antilles cherry
* ''[[Prunus serotina]]'' Ehrh. – black cherry, wild cherry
* ''[[Prunus ssiori]]'' F.Schmidt – Hokkaido bird cherry
* ''[[Prunus virginiana]]'' L. – chokecherry