Biology:Crataegus populnea

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Short description: Species of hawthorn

Crataegus populnea
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Crataegus
Section: Crataegus sect. Coccineae
Series: Crataegus ser. Populneae
Species:
C. populnea
Binomial name
Crataegus populnea
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Synonyms[1]
  • C. compta Sarg.
  • C. luxuriosa Sarg.

Crataegus populnea is a hawthorn native to the northeastern U.S. and southeastern Canada. The flowers have about 10 stamens with red to purple anthers, and the fruit are orange to red, about 1 cm in diameter, spherical or oblong.[1] Crataegus compta is a variant with pear-shaped fruit.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Phipps, J.B. (2015), "Crataegus populnea Beadle", in L. Brouillet; K. Gandhi; C.L. Howard et al., Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae, Flora of North America North of Mexico, 9, New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 569, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250100150 

Wikidata ☰ Q5182559 entry