Biology:Docynia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Docynia
Docynia delavayi - Kunming Botanical Garden - DSC02821.JPG
Docynia delavayi
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subtribe: Malinae
Genus: Docynia
Decne.

Docynia (栘𣐿属, yí yī shǔ) is a genus of flowering trees, evergreen or semi-evergreen, in the family Rosaceae.[1] The fruit is a pome. The tree is endemic to Southeast Asia, including Myanmar where it grows wild and is sometimes cultivated.

Species

  • Docynia delavayi (Franchet) C.K.Schneider
  • Docynia indica (Wallich) Decaisne

Formerly placed here

Malus doumeri resembles Docynia, but the internal structure of the fruit matches Malus.[2]

References

  1. Gu Cuizhi and Stephen A. Spongberg. "Docynia". Flora of China. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=110722. Retrieved 17 December 2014. 
  2. Gu Cuizhi and Stephen A. Spongberg. "Malus doumeri". Flora of China. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200010900. Retrieved 17 December 2014. 
  • Decaisne, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 125, 131. 1874.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2213724 entry