The history and cultural symbolism of both the seven wild species and the hundreds of forms known for centuries as sato-zakura, or garden cherries and information about growing and propagating is found in Kuitert, Wybe (2015 թ․ մարտի 6). «Japanese Flowering Cherries». Timber Press.
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«Sakura». Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster. 2002. Վերցված է 2008 թ․ ապրիլի 2-ին. «Japanese flowering cherry»
«Japanese flowering cherry». Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster. 2002. Վերցված է 2008 թ․ ապրիլի 2-ին. «any of certain ornamental hybrid cherries developed in Japan chiefly from two species (Prunus serrulata and P. sieboldii) that bear a profusion of white or pink usually double and often fragrant flowers followed by small inedible fruit...»