Cherry Prunus … Family: RosaceaeTree There are around 1200 kinds of cherries. Colour varies from yellow to red to nearly black. Sweet Cherry Prunus avium AKA: wild cherry, gean, or bird cherry Rainier Cherry Prunus avium cultivar rainier Black Cherry Prunus serotina AKA: wild black cherry, rum cherry, or mountain black cherry Bing Cherry Prunus avium cultivar Bing Rainier Cherry The Rosaceae Family a family of flowering plants AKA: the rose family Kingdom: Plantae Clades: Tracheophytes, Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids Order: Rosales Almond Apple Apricot Black Cherry Black Raspberry Blackberry Cloudberry Nectarine Peach Rainier Cherry Raspberry Strawberry Sweet Cherry Wild Strawberry Pear