Prunus × eminens

Prunus × eminens
Prunus × eminens 'Umbraculifera' in bloom at the Buda Arboretum in Hungary
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Species:
P. × eminens
Binomial name
Prunus × eminens
Synonyms
  • Cerasus × eminens (Beck) Buia
  • Cerasus eminens (G.Beck) Buia
  • Cerasus eminens (G.Beck) J.Dostál
  • Cerasus intermedia Loisel.
  • Cerasus klokovii Sobko
  • Prunus × javorkae Kárpáti
  • Cerasus × javorkae

Prunus × eminens or Prunus eminens is a species of small cherry tree native to central Europe. It is a naturally occurring hybrid of sour cherry, Prunus cerasus, and dwarf cherry, Prunus fruticosa, occasionally found where their ranges overlap. Like its parents, it is a tetraploid with 32 chromosomes. It is forming a hybrid swarm with, and threatening to extirpate, P. fruticosa in much of its western range through genetic pollution.


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