ʻO ka hui o nā mea kanu cherry i lilo i ko lākou subgenus ponoʻī, ʻo ia kahi o ka huaʻala Plum, akā i kēia manawa ua oki kēia subgenus a ua helu ʻia ka cherry manu i lilo i ʻāpana o ka subgenus Cherry, ka ʻohana Plum, o ka ʻōlelo Rosaceae. ʻIke pinepine mākou i nā ʻōpū manuahi maʻamau, maʻamau maʻamau ma waena o Eurasia a me ʻAmelika Komohana, akā i ka laulā nui, aia ma kahi o ʻelua mau kenekulia uila ʻōiwi manu.
