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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Prunoideae
| image = Prunus cerasifera branch fruits bgiu.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''Prunus cerasifera''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = [[Rosaceae]]
| subfamilia = '''Prunoideae'''
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
''[[Prunus]]''<br>
''[[Prinsepia]]''
}}
'''Prunoideae''', also called '''Amygdaloideae''', is the [[flowering plant]] subfamily containing the genera ''[[Prunus]]'' and ''[[Prinsepia]]''. This subfamily is placed within the Family [[Rosaceae]] or by some in its own family, the '''Prunaceae'''. Commercially important members of the Prunoideae include [[plum]], [[cherry]], [[apricot]], [[peach]], and [[almond]].
The [[fruit]] of these plants are known as '''stone fruit''' (botanically, a '''[[drupe]]'''), as each fruit contains a single, hard-shelled seed called a ''stone'' or pit.
[[Category:Rosaceae]]
[[Category:Trees]]
{{fruit-tree-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = Prunoideae
| image = Prunus cerasifera branch fruits bgiu.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''Prunus cerasifera''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = [[Rosaceae]]
| subfamilia = '''Prunoideae'''
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
''[[Prunus]]''<br>
''[[Prinsepia]]''
}}
'''Prunoideae''', also called '''Amygdaloideae''', is the [[flowering plant]] subfamily containing the genera ''[[Prunus]]'' and ''[[Prinsepia]]''. This subfamily is placed within the Family [[Rosaceae]] or by some in its own family, the '''Prunaceae'''. Commercially important members of the Prunoideae include [[plum]], [[cherry]], [[apricot]], [[peach]], and [[almond]].
The [[fruit]] of these plants are known as '''stone fruit''' (botanically, a '''[[drupe]]'''), as each fruit contains a single, hard-shelled seed called a ''stone'' or pit.
[[Category:Rosaceae]]
[[Category:Trees]]
{{fruit-tree-stub}}
