Prunus pumila Linnaeus, Systema Naturae, ed. 12, 2: 341; Mantissa Plantarum: 75. 1767.

"Habitat in Canada." RCN: 3630.

Lectotype (Catling & al. in Taxon 48: 486. 1999): [icon] " Cerasus pumila Canadensis oblongo angusto folio flore fructu parvo " in Miller, Fig. Pl. Gard. Dict. 1: 60, t. 89, f. 2. 1756. - Epitype (Catling & al. in Taxon 48: 486. 1999): Canada. Ontario, Prince Edward co., Hallowell Tp., Sandbanks, 7km SE of Wellington, 15 Jul 1993, Catling 14038 (DAO).

Current name: Prunus pumila L. subsp. pumila ( Rosaceae).