Abstract 



Jefferson, Roland M., and Kay Kazue Wain. 1984. The 

 nomenclature of cultivated Japanese flowering cherries {Prunus): The 

 Sato-zakura group. U.S. Department of Agriculture, National 

 Arboretum Contribution No. 5, 44 pp. 



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 the 'International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated 

 Plants-1980" and separates selections of cultivated origin from all 

 other botanical taxa of Prunus. Further, it provides a means for 

 naming future Japanese flowering cherry introductions of unknown 

 or confused origins so that their status in horticultural nomenclature 

 is clearly established. 



KEYWORDS: Cherry blossoms, flowering cherries, Japanese 

 flowering cherries, oriental flowering cherries, ornamental cherries, 

 Prunus donarium, Prunus lannesiana, Prunus Sato-zakura group, 

 Prunus serrulata, Sakura, Sato-zakura, Yama-zakura, zakura. 



