Nomenclature of Cultivated Japanese Flowering Cherries ('Prunus'): The Sato-zakura Group

摘要

Japanese flowering cherries are grown all over the temperate world. Wherever they occur, nomenclature problems exist. Before any serious taxonomical study of this complex plant group can be made, a solution to these problems is necessary. This publication offers a logical way to solve them. For the first time, it brings existing names used for Japanese flowering cherries into conformity with 'International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants-1988' and separates selections of cultivated origin from all other botanical taxa of Prunus.