Prunus avium

Also known as sweet cherry, wild cherry, gean, bird cherry

species of plant

OverviewAI-generated

Prunus avium, also known as sweet cherry, wild cherry, bird cherry, or Vogel-Kirsche, is a species of plant in the family Rosaceae. Classified within the kingdom Plantae and the subclass Prunus, it is a deciduous fruit tree that produces drupes. The taxon is the source of cherry and cherry juice. It belongs to the parent taxon Prunus subg. Cerasus.

The species has a range including the Tibet Autonomous Region and Europe. It is native to regions such as Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, and Denmark. Its IUCN conservation status is Least Concern, as recorded in 2017. The scientific name is Prunus avium (L.) L.

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Species

Least Concern

Prunus avium

SPECIES

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderRosales
FamilyRosaceae

Native toAfghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, France

Observations recorded594,845

Common Name: cerezo silvestre (Spanish)

via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records: 3,942
With media: 3,275
Family: Rosaceae
Collections: UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, CMN, UTEP, UCONN, CHSC, MSC
Recorded in: United States, Canada, Netherlands

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Research

1,248 papers

Tart Cherry Juice in Athletes: A Literature Review and Commentary.ReviewCurrent sports medicine reports · 2017Vitale KC, Hueglin S, Broad EDOI: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000385
Overexpression of PavHIPP16 from Prunus avium enhances cold stress tolerance in transgenic tobacco.BMC plant biology · 2024Yu R, Hou Q, Deng H et al.DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-05267-2
Comparative genomics of N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine members in four Prunus species with insights into bud dormancy and abiotic stress responses in Prunus avium.Plant cell reports · 2024Manzoor MA, Xu Y, Lv Z et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00299-024-03184-0
Pretreatment Prunus avium (L) L. dormant buds increased viability after cryogenic storage.Cryobiology · 2022Jenderek MM, Yeater KM, Ambruzs BD et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2022.03.001
Overexpression of PavbHLH28 from Prunus avium enhances tolerance to cold stress in transgenic Arabidopsis.BMC plant biology · 2023Cao X, Wen Z, Shen T et al.DOI: 10.1186/s12870-023-04666-1
Dark Sweet Cherry (Prunus avium) Supplementation Reduced Blood Pressure and Pro-Inflammatory Interferon Gamma (IFNγ) in Obese Adults without Affecting Lipid Profile, Glucose Levels and Liver Enzymes.Nutrients · 2023Arbizu S, Mertens-Talcott SU, Talcott S et al.DOI: 10.3390/nu15030681
Dark Sweet Cherry (Prunus avium) Anthocyanins Suppressed ERK1/2-Akt/mTOR Cell Signaling and Oxidative Stress: Implications for TNBC Growth and Invasion.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Silveira Rabelo AC, Mertens-Talcott SU, Chew BP et al.DOI: 10.3390/molecules27217245
Genome-Wide Identification and Gene Expression Analysis of Sweet Cherry Aquaporins (Prunus avium L.) under Abiotic Stresses.Genes · 2023Salvatierra A, Mateluna P, Toro G et al.DOI: 10.3390/genes14040940

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Encyclopedic overview

Prunus avium Prunus avium, commonly called wild cherry, sweet cherry or gean, is a species of cherry, a flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is native to western Eurasia and naturalized elsewhere. It is an ancestor of P. cerasus (sour cherry).

All parts of the plant except for the ripe fruit are slightly toxic, containing cyanogenic glycosides. The species is often cultivated as an ornamental tree.

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