Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Prunus virginiana L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Cerassus virginianum D.C., Cerasus serotina Hook.--Amos & Wright, Cerasus virginianum, Prunus nana (Du Roi) Roemer, Prunus nana DuRoi, Prunus virginianus, Prunus virginica, Prunus-cerasus virginiana, Cerasus virginiana (L.) Michx., Possibly Prunus padus virginiana

Common names:

A'sisûwe'minaga'wûnj (1928, Chippewa) (40)

Cabinet cherry (1840) (19)

Caηpa (1918?-1970?, Lakota) (121)

Cerise de Virginie (1820, French) (89)

Cerisier a grappe (1820, French) (89)

Choak cherry (1840) (19)

Chokecherry [Choke cherry, Choke-cherry, Choke cherries] (1806-Present, William Clark, Patrick Gass, Meriwether Lewis) (1, 3, 4, 9, 35, 40, 46, 47, 48, 50, 57, 63, 72, 82, 92, 95, 103, 106, 107, 108, 109, 112, 113, 114, 121, 125, 126, 130, 131, 135, 137, 156, 157, 158)

Common chokecherry (1923-1942) (112, 137, 138, 155)

Gthoηpa (1918?-1970?, Osage) (121)

Padus de Virginie (1785, French) (8)

Quussuckomineanug (1879) (46)

Red chokecherry [Red choke cherry] (1932, SD) (85)

Rum cherry (1840-1876?) (19, 92)

Virginia cherry tree (1805) (18)

Virginian bird-cherry-tree (1785) (8)

Wild black cherry (1876-1932) (85, 92)

Wild cherry (1840-1922) (12, 19, 20, 48, 49, 53, 61, 92, 103, 157, 158)

Wild cherry tree (1770-1857) (20, 41)