Crataegus berberifolia

Crataegus berberifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Crataegus
Series: Crus-galli
(Loudon) Rehder[1]
Species: C. berberifolia
Binomial name
Crataegus berberifolia
Torr. & A.Gray

Crataegus berberifolia is a species of hawthorn from the southeastern United States. There are two varieties, C. berberifolia var. berberifolia has 20 stamens with cream-coloured anthers, and C. berberifolia var. engelmanii has 10 stamens with purplish pink anthers.[1]

References and external links

  1. 1 2 Phipps, J.B. (2006). Crataegus spes-aestatum, a new species in series Punctatae (Rosaceae), and six new varietal names from the Missouri Crataegus Flora. Novon. 16(3): 381–387.


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