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Old World Plums
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Old World Plums

Prunus

Prunus is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the fruits plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, and almonds.

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17 branches of this group, most-observed first

Blackthorn

speciesPrunus spinosa

Cherry-plum

speciesPrunus cerasifera

Plum

speciesPrunus domestica

Damson

speciesPrunus insititia

Chinese plum

speciesPrunus salicina

Prunus × syriaca

hybridPrunus × syriaca

Briançon Apricot

speciesPrunus brigantina

Bear's plum

speciesPrunus ursina

Italian plum

speciesPrunus cocomilia

Prunus × fruticans

hybridPrunus × fruticans

Prunus ramburii

speciesPrunus ramburii

Prunus cerasifera × salicina

hybridPrunus cerasifera × salicina

Prunus × simmleri

hybridPrunus × simmleri

Sogdian plum

speciesPrunus sogdiana

Alucha

speciesPrunus vachuschtii

Simon plum

speciesPrunus simonii

Tajik plum

speciesPrunus tadzhikistanica

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Old World Plums in The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1

The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1

Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.242

Old World Plums in Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.435

Old World Plums in Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)

Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)

Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.267

Old World Plums in Ortus sanitatis

Ortus sanitatis

1491 · p.350

Old World Plums in The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs

The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs

1532 · p.38

Old World Plums in Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.438

Old World Plums in Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.436

Old World Plums in On Medical Materials in Six Books

On Medical Materials in Six Books

Dioscorides · 1550 · p.165

Old World Plums in De medicinali materia libri sex

De medicinali materia libri sex

Dioscorides · 1552 · p.171

Old World Plums in On the Names of Plants

On the Names of Plants

Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.1091

Old World Plums in On the Names of Plants

On the Names of Plants

Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.1088

Old World Plums in Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.278

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