Biology:Crataegus pruinosa
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Short description: Species of hawthorn
| Crataegus pruinosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Crataegus |
| Section: | Crataegus sect. Coccineae |
| Series: | Crataegus ser. Pruinosae |
| Species: | C. pruinosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Crataegus pruinosa (H.L.Wendl.) K.Koch
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Crataegus pruinosa is a species of hawthorn known by the common name frosted hawthorn. It is native to a wide area of the eastern United States and southern Canada , and is sometimes considered to be several species, rather than just one.
The pulp of the small fruits is edible.[1]
Varieties
The following varieties are recognized in the Flora of North America (2015):[2]
- C. pruinosa var. pruinosa, synonyms:
- C. bracteata Sarg.
- C. tumida Sarg.
- C. pruinosa var. dissona (Sarg.) Eggl., synonyms:
- C. dissona Sarg.
- C. brachypoda Sarg.
- C. disjuncta Sarg.
- C. rigida Sarg.
- C. pruinosa var. parvula (Sarg.) J.B.Phipps, synonyms:
- C. parvula Sarg.
- C. pruinosa var. rugosa (Ashe) Kruschke, synonyms:
- C. rugosa Ashe
- C. leiophylla Sarg.
- C. mackenziei Sarg. ex Mackenzie
- C. rubicundula Sarg.
- C. seclusa Sarg.
- C. seducta Sarg.
- C. pruinosa var. virella (Ashe) Kruschke, synonyms:
- C. virella Ashe
- C. pruinosa var. magnifolia (Sarg.) J.B.Phipps, synonyms:
- C. magnifolia Sarg.
References
- ↑ Little, Elbert L. (1980). The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region. New York: Knopf. p. 480. ISBN 0-394-50760-6.
- ↑ Phipps, J.B. (2015), "Crataegus pruinosa (H. L. Wendland) K.Koch Hort. Dendrol. 168 1853", 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. 574–577, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242416351
External links
- Phipps, J.B.; O'Kennon, R.J.; Lance, R.W. (2003). Hawthorns and medlars. Cambridge, U.K.: Royal Horticultural Society. ISBN 0881925918. https://archive.org/details/hawthornsmedlars00jame.
Wikidata ☰ Q5182579 entry
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