Crataegus pycnoloba
| Crataegus pycnoloba | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Crataegus |
| Series: | Tanacetifoliae K.I.Chr. |
| Species: | C. pycnoloba |
| Binomial name | |
| Crataegus pycnoloba Boiss. & Heldr.[1] | |
Crataegus pycnoloba is a species of hawthorn native to the mountains of the northern and central Peloponnesus of Greece.[1] The plant is a shrub or rarely a small tree. The fruit are red or dark reddish brown when immature, but later develop a yellow background colour.[2]
See also
References
- 1 2 Christensen, K.I. (1992) Revision of Crataegus sect. Crataegus and nothosect. Crataeguineae (Rosaceae-Maloideae) in the Old World. The American Society of Plant Taxonomists, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
- ↑ Christensen, K.I. (2001). Crataegus pycnoloba — en endemisk Hvidtjørn fra de græske bjerge. [Crataegus pycnoloba — a Hawthorn endemic to the Greek mountains.] Dansk Dendrologisk Årsskrift. 19: 5–10.
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