Prunus domestica

Prunus domestica
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Prunus
Subgenus:	Prunus subg. Prunus
Section:	Prunus sect. Prunus
Species:	P. domestica
Binomial name
Prunus domestica L.
Synonyms[2]
List Druparia insititia Clairv. Druparia prunus Clairv. Prunus ambigua Salisb. Prunus communis Huds. Prunus dumetorum Callay Prunus exigua Bechst. Prunus insititia L. Prunus italica Borkh. Prunus lutea Bechst. Prunus oeconomica Borkh. Prunus sativa Rouy & Camus Prunus subrotunda Bechst. Prunus vinaria Bechst.

Prunus domestica is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. A deciduous tree, it includes many varieties of the fruit trees known as plums in English, though not all plums belong to this species. The greengages and damsons also belong to subspecies of P. domestica.