Species
The list below contains many Prunus species that bear the common name cherry, but they are not necessarily members of the subgenus Cerasus, or bear edible fruit. For a complete list of species, see Prunus. Some common names listed here have historically been used for more than one species, e.g. "rock cherry" is used as an alternative common name for both P. prostrata and P. mahaleb.
- Prunus apetala (Siebold & Zucc.) Franch. & Sav. - clove cherry
- Prunus avium (L.) L. - wild cherry, sweet cherry, mazzard or gean
- Prunus campanulata Maxim. - Taiwan cherry, Formosan cherry or bell-flowered cherry
- Prunus canescens Bois. - greyleaf cherry
- Prunus caroliniana Aiton - Carolina laurel cherry or laurel cherry
- Prunus cerasoides D. Don. - wild Himalayan cherry
- Prunus cerasus L. - sour cherry
- Prunus cistena Koehne - purpleleaf sand cherry
- Prunus cornuta (Wall. ex Royle) Steud. - Himalayan bird cherry
- Prunus cuthbertii Small - Cuthbert cherry
- Prunus cyclamina Koehne - cyclamen cherry or Chinese flowering cherry
- Prunus dawyckensis Sealy - Dawyck cherry
- Prunus dielsiana C.K. Schneid. - tailed-leaf cherry
- Prunus emarginata (Douglas ex Hook.) Walp. - Oregon cherry or bitter cherry
- Prunus eminens Beck - German: mittlere Weichsel (semisour cherry)
- Prunus fruticosa Pall. - European dwarf cherry, dwarf cherry, Mongolian cherry or steppe cherry
- Prunus gondouinii (Poit. & Turpin) Rehder - duke cherry
- Prunus grayana Maxim. - Japanese bird cherry or Gray's bird cherry
- Prunus humilis Bunge - Chinese plum-cherry or humble bush cherry
- Prunus ilicifolia (Nutt. ex Hook. & Arn.) Walp. - hollyleaf cherry, evergreen cherry, holly-leaved cherry or islay
- Prunus incisa Thunb. - Fuji cherry
- Prunus jamasakura Siebold ex Koidz. - Japanese mountain cherry or Japanese hill cherry
- Prunus japonica Thunb. - Korean cherry
- Prunus laurocerasus L. - cherry laurel
- Prunus lyonii (Eastw.) Sarg. - Catalina Island 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 mume (Siebold & Zucc.) - Chinese plum or Japanese apricot
- Prunus myrtifolia (L.) Urb. - West Indian cherry
- Prunus nepaulensis (Ser.) Steud. - Nepal bird cherry
- Prunus nipponica Matsum. - Takane cherry, peak cherry or Japanese alpine cherry
- Prunus occidentalis Sw. - western cherry laurel
- Prunus padus L. - bird cherry or European bird cherry
- Prunus pensylvanica L.f. - pin cherry, fire cherry, or wild red cherry
- Prunus pleuradenia Griseb. - Antilles cherry
- Prunus prostrata Labill. - mountain cherry, rock cherry, spreading cherry or prostrate cherry
- Prunus pseudocerasus Lindl. - Chinese sour cherry or false cherry
- Prunus pumila L. - sand cherry
- Prunus rufa Wall ex Hook.f. - Himalayan cherry
- Prunus salicifolia Kunth. - capulin, Singapore cherry or tropic cherry
- Prunus sargentii Rehder - Sargent's cherry or Ezo Mountain cherry
- Prunus serotina Ehrh. - black 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 ssiori Schmidt- Hokkaido bird cherry
- Prunus stipulacea Maxim.
- Prunus subhirtella Miq. - Higan cherry or spring cherry
- Prunus takesimensis Nakai - Takeshima flowering cherry
- Prunus tomentosa Thunb. - Nanking cherry, Manchu cherry, downy cherry, Shanghai cherry, Ando cherry, mountain cherry, Chinese dwarf cherry, Chinese bush cherry
- Prunus verecunda (Koidz.) Koehne - Korean mountain cherry
- Prunus virginiana L. - chokecherry
- Prunus x yedoensis Matsum. - Yoshino cherry or Tokyo cherry
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