Crataegus series Tenuifoliae

Crataegus series Tenuifoliae
Crataegus macrosperma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Crataegus
Section: Coccineae
Series: Tenuifoliae
(Beadle ex Sarg.) Rehder[1]

Series Tenuifoliae is a series within the genus Crataegus that contains at least seven species of hawthorn trees and shrubs, native to Eastern North America, with one disjunct species (C. wootoniana) in the mountains of New Mexico.[2]

Species

The principal species in the series are:[2]

The following rare local species appear to be hybrid derivatives of series Tenuifoliae:[2]

References

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  1. Phipps, J.B.; O’Kennon, R.J.; Lance, R.W. 2003. Hawthorns and medlars. Royal Horticultural Society, Cambridge, U.K.
  2. 1 2 3 Phipps, J.B. (2015), "Crataegus Linnaeus (sect. Coccineae) ser Tenuifoliae (Sargent) Rehder, Man. Cult. Trees ed. 2 362. 1940", in L. Brouillet; K. Gandhi; C.L. Howard; H. Jeude; R.W. Kiger; J.B. Phipps; A.C. Pryor; H.H. Schmidt; J.L. Strother; J.L. Zarucchi, Flora of North America North of Mexico, Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae, New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 561–567


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