Malus prattii
| Malus prattii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Malus |
| Species: | M. prattii |
| Binomial name | |
| Malus prattii (Hemsl.) C.K.Schneid. | |
Malus prattii (Pratt's crabapple, 西蜀海棠 xi shu hai tang) is a crabapple species, endemic to China.
It is indigenous to Guangdong, Guizhou, west Sichuan, and northwest Yunnan provinces in China.
It grows to 10 m in height, with flowers 1.5–2 cm in diameter.
References
- Pyrus prattii Hemsley, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 16. 1895.
- Chinese Academy of Sciences. (1959). Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
- Zhou, Z.-Q. (1999). "The apple genetic resources in China: the wild species and their distributions, informative characterists and utilisation", Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 46:600.
- eFloras entry
- USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) entry
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