Crataegus fontanesiana

Crataegus fontanesiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Crataegus
Series: Macracanthae
(Loudon) Rehder[1]
Species: C. fontanesiana
Binomial name
Crataegus fontanesiana
Steud.

J.B. Phipps has shown[2] that Crataegus fontanesiana are "somewhat narrow-leaved forms of C. calpodendron". The name was mis-applied for much of the 19th and 20th centuries to some forms of C. crus-galli.

References and external links

  1. Phipps, J.B.; Robertson, K.R.; Smith, P.G.; Rohrer, J.R. (1990). A checklist of the subfamily Maloideae (Rosaceae). Canadian Journal of Botany. 68(10): 2209–2269.
  2. Phipps, J.B. (1987) What is Crataegus fontanesiana (Spach) Steud.? (Rosaceae). Taxon 36: 641–644


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